Benjamin Franklin
✶January 17, 1706
†April 17, 1790
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About their life
Benjamin Franklin was an American polymath who was one of the Founding Fathers of the United States; a drafter and signer of the Declaration of Independence; and the first postmaster general.
American polymath and statesman (1706–1790)
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