Benjamin Franklin



Benjamin Franklin (January 17, 1706-April 17, 1790 )


          Early Life
Benjamin franklin had a tough llife at the beginnig, when he was a kid given that his father had a tough economic situation he was onlly able to go through 1 or 2 years of school. later on he was sent to his uncle where he had to works printing pamphlets and sellling printed products. in 1721 when he was 15 his uncle started a news paper "The New England Courant" in Boston. After James was in prision he started to beat Benjamin which caused him to run away, this happened in 1723 when he was 17 years old. 
After running away he went to Philadelphia where he got a job as a printer and there he met his wife, Deborah Read.

In the later years he retired and started inventing machines. Towards the independence he was selected in the second continental congress, helped draft the declaration of indepence and serve as embassador in France.  He played an important role in Italy of alliance and the treaty of Paris in 1783 on his return he served as president of the execution councils of Pennsylvania. Sadly he died on April 17, 1790 when he was 84 years old.

Inventions

Among his many creations were the lightning rod, glass harmonica (a glass instrument, not to be confused with the metal harmonica), Franklin stove, bifocal glasses and the flexible urinary catheter. His inventions also included social innovations, such as paying forward. Franklin's fascination with innovation could be viewed as altruistic; he wrote that his scientific works were to be used for increasing efficiency and human improvement. One such improvement was his effort to expedite news services through his printing presses.