Some Background on our Man Franklin

Benjamin Franklin is usually misconceived as solely a man of law and science, but he was also a man of literature.

Franklin lived from 1706 to 1790.

So as mentioned earlier,  Benjamin Franklin was also a man of literature; in fact, he was in the literature business until the age of forty-two. During this time, he wrote Poor Richard's Almanack. The was an almanack was full of aphorisms, and is still a best seller today. Later in life, however, is when he became known. When Franklin was forty-two he devoted his life to science. Benjamin Franklin was the creator of the lightning rod, bifocals, and conformed the laws of electricity. After all of these scientific achievements, he helped in the writing of the Declaration of Independence. Also, he was later an ambassador to France, not that anyone knows that.

This blog will be mostly based on his autobiography, The Autobiography.