James Franklin

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James Franklin was an early 18th-century Boston printer and publisher, best known as Benjamin Franklin’s older brother and the founder of the New-England Courant.

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James Franklin canonical 5

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instanceOf colonial American ⓘ
historical figure ⓘ
journalist ⓘ
printer ⓘ
publisher ⓘ
activeYearsEnd 1730s ⓘ
activeYearsStart 1710s ⓘ
birthPlace Boston ⓘ
British America ⓘ
Province of Massachusetts Bay ⓘ
birthYear 1697 ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ
deathPlace Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations ⓘ
Newport, Rhode Island ⓘ
deathYear 1735 ⓘ
employer New-England Courant ⓘ
familyName Franklin ⓘ
fieldOfWork journalism ⓘ
printing ⓘ
publishing ⓘ
founded New-England Courant ⓘ
genre newspaper publishing ⓘ
givenName James ⓘ
hasApprentice Benjamin Franklin ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName English ⓘ
locatedInTime early 18th century ⓘ
notableFor being Benjamin Franklin’s older brother ⓘ
challenging colonial authorities through the New-England Courant ⓘ
publishing one of the first independent newspapers in colonial America ⓘ
notableWork New-England Courant ⓘ
occupation newspaper editor ⓘ
printer ⓘ
publisher ⓘ
partOf early American press history ⓘ
positionHeld editor of the New-England Courant ⓘ
relative Benjamin Franklin ⓘ
religion Protestantism ⓘ
residence Boston ⓘ
Newport, Rhode Island ⓘ
sibling Benjamin Franklin ⓘ
workLocation Boston ⓘ
Newport, Rhode Island ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Benjamin Franklin’s parents → hadChild → James Franklin ⓘ
New-England Courant → founder → James Franklin ⓘ
New-England Courant → publisher → James Franklin ⓘ
New-England Courant → editor → James Franklin ⓘ
New-England Courant → associatedWith → James Franklin ⓘ