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Definition of Benjamin Franklin

1. Noun. Printer whose success as an author led him to take up politics; he helped draw up the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution; he played a major role in the American Revolution and negotiated French support for the colonists; as a scientist he is remembered particularly for his research in electricity (1706-1790).

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Literary usage of Benjamin Franklin

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1917)
"SEPTEMBER 21, 1917] SCIENCE ERASMUS DARWIN AND Benjamin Franklin EXTRACTS from two previously unpublished letters from Erasmus Darwin to Benjamin Franklin ..."

2. Bulletin of the New York Public Library by New York Public Library (1898)
"4th ; the draughts were paid ; thanks him for his care in the matter ; her brother [Benjamin Franklin] was always a good and kind benefactor; she would like ..."

3. Bulletin of the New York Public Library by New York Public Library (1898)
"4th ; the draughts were paid ; thanks him for his care in the matter ; her brother [Benjamin Franklin] was always a good and kind benefactor ; she would ..."

4. The Journal of Negro History by Association for the Study of Negro Life and History, inc (1919)
"DOCUMENTS Benjamin Franklin AND FREEDOM Of the fathers of the republic who first saw the evils of slavery, none made a more forceful argument against the ..."

5. The Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography by Historical Society of Pennsylvania (1911)
"An Inquiry demonstrating that she was Deborah Read, wife of Benjamin Franklin. ... the common law wife of Benjamin Franklin, was the mother of Franklin's ..."

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