Benjamin Franklin

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Benjamin Franklin was a leading American polymath of the 18th century, renowned as a statesman, inventor, writer, and key figure in the American Enlightenment and the founding of the United States.

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Generate an image of Benjamin Franklin (Benjamin Franklin was a leading American polymath of the 18th century, renowned as a statesman, inventor, writer, and key figure in the American Enlightenment and the founding of the United States.)

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instanceOf Founding Father of the United States ⓘ
diplomat ⓘ
human ⓘ
inventor ⓘ
philosopher ⓘ
politician ⓘ
polymath ⓘ
postmaster ⓘ
printer ⓘ
publisher ⓘ
scientist ⓘ
writer ⓘ
appearsOn United States one-hundred-dollar bill ⓘ
birthDate 1706-01-17 ⓘ
birthPlace Boston, Province of Massachusetts Bay ⓘ
child Francis Folger Franklin ⓘ
Sarah Franklin Bache ⓘ
William Franklin ⓘ
citizenship Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
deathDate 1790-04-17 ⓘ
deathPlace Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States ⓘ
linked to: Philadelphia
familyName Franklin ⓘ
linked to: Benjamin Franklin
founded American Philosophical Society ⓘ
Library Company of Philadelphia ⓘ
Union Fire Company ⓘ
University of Pennsylvania ⓘ
fullName Benjamin Franklin ⓘ
givenName Benjamin ⓘ
heldPosition Postmaster General of the United States ⓘ
President of Pennsylvania ⓘ
United States Ambassador to France ⓘ
knownFor Franklin stove ⓘ
bifocal glasses ⓘ
experiments with electricity ⓘ
founding the University of Pennsylvania ⓘ
kite experiment ⓘ
lightning rod ⓘ
negotiating the Treaty of Paris (1783) ⓘ
role in drafting the United States Constitution ⓘ
role in drafting the United States Declaration of Independence ⓘ
memberOf Constitutional Convention of 1787 ⓘ
Second Continental Congress ⓘ
movement Age of Enlightenment ⓘ
American Enlightenment ⓘ
notableWork Poor Richard's Almanack ⓘ
The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin ⓘ
occupation author ⓘ
diplomat ⓘ
inventor ⓘ
politician ⓘ
printer ⓘ
scientist ⓘ
portraitImage https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/25/Benjamin_Franklin_by_Joseph_Duplessis_1778.jpg ⓘ
religion Deism ⓘ
signatureImage https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/80/Benjamin_Franklin_Signature.svg ⓘ
spouse Deborah Read ⓘ

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