Meaning & use
Benjamin Franklin
An American statesman, inventor, and writer who helped draft the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution.
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Benjamin Franklin famously experimented with electricity by flying a kite during a storm.
As a diplomat, Benjamin Franklin helped secure French support during the American Revolution.
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Franklin was also a printer and scientist, and he appears on the U.S. hundred-dollar bill.
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