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A Short Biography of Benjamin Franklin

Author Name:

Benjamin Franklin

Born As:

Benjamin Franklin

Other Names:

Born:

17 Jan 1706

Died:

17 Apr 1790




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Author, political theorist, politician, printer, scientist, inventor, civic activist, and diplomat                          
                                              
Mother Abiah Folge
Father Josiah Franklin, ten children - John 1690, Peter 1692, Mary, 1694, James, 1697, Sarah, 1699, Ebenezer, 1701, Thomas, 1703, Benjamin, 1706, Lydia, 1708, and Jane, 1712.

In 1730, Franklin acknowledged an illegitimate son named William, who would eventually become the last Loyalist governor of New Jersey.

Common-law-wife Deborah Read - two children - Francis Folger Franklin, who died of smallpox aged 4 years old and Sarah.                                              
Created the Union Fire Company, the first volunteer firefighting company in America.                                              
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