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Benjamin Franklin was born in 1706 and died in 1790.The philosopher(哲学家)and writer was one of the most important men in the early days of the United States. He believed strongly in the importance of hard work, and he himself worked hard all his life, form the time he lef...
Home Events Events on 17 April Benjamin Franklin Death Anniversary Benjamin Franklin died on 17 April, 1790The geekiest of geeks. Benjamin Franklin was an inventor, scientist, politician, author and painter. He is credited to have invented the bifocal spectacles, the Franklin stove and the ...
Benjamin Franklin - Printer, Junto, Experiments on Electricity: Denham died, however, a few months after Franklin entered his store. The young man, now 20, returned to the printing trade and in 1728 was able to set up a partnership with a friend. Two yea
Franklin died a year later, at age 84, on April 17, 1790, in Philadelphia. Following a funeral that was attended by an estimated 20,000 people, he was buried in Philadelphia’s Christ Church cemetery. In his will, he left money to Boston and Philadelphia, which was later used to establ...
【题目】Benjamin Franklin was born in 1706 and died in 1790.The philosopher(哲学家)and writer was one of the most important men in the early days of the United States. He believed strongly in the importance(重要性)of hard work, and he himself worked hard all his life, from the time ...
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After Franklin died, the first published edition of his autobiography would be a French translation. Like all good American celebrities, Franklin also had a charitable cause. In the years before his death, Franklin freed his two slaves, George and King, and became a vocal abolitionist. "Slavery...
He also re-married. His second wife was a widow herself, as well as his first wife’s niece. He and Mary Scott Lord Dimmick Harrison had a daughter together. The child was only four when Harrison died from pneumonia at age 67.
aThomas Bray began the first free lending library in the late 1600s. He set up more than 30 or these libraries in the American colonies. However, the idea for this kind of free library ended when Bray died in 1730. In 1731, Benjamin Franklin and some friends started the first subscripti...