Benjamin Franklin Benjamin Franklin was born in the year 1706, in the city of Boston Mass. Ben was a great scientist, inventor and politician. With all of this going on Ben somehow also found time to be a father to his illegitimate son William, who he brought everywhere with him. The world today owes a lot to Benjamin Franklin. Science was one of Benjamin’s many interests. He was the one who first linked lightning and …showed first 75 words of 477 total…

…showed last 75 words of 477 total…peace in England. Benjamin Franklin died on April 17th, 1790. He was a great man whom without we would almost surely be lost. He helped bring peace between two warring nations (U.S. and England). He also gave us some very useful inventions which we still use today, not to mention the fact that he proved lightning was related to electricity. Benjamin Franklin’s was really a great man who the world today really owes a