BENJAMIN FRANKLIN

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NAME:Benjamin Franklin
OCCUPATION:Inventor, Political Leader, Scientist, Writer
BIRTH DATE:January 17, 1706
DEATH DATE:April 17, 1790
EDUCATION: Boston Latin School
PLACE OF BIRTH: Boston, Massachusetts
PLACE OF DEATH: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
AKA: Ben Franklin; Benjamin Frankiln who is Best Known For:

---------one of the Founding Fathers who drafted the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution of the United States!

The image of Benjamin Franklin that has come down through history, along with the image on the $100 bill, is something of a caricature—a bald man in a frock coat holding a kite string with a key attached....