WORDS FROM A GREAT MIND

Benjamin Franklin

Printer, inventor & statesman

Born: 17 January 1706
Died: 17 April 1790
Lived in: Boston, Philadelphia, London & Paris

Benjamin Franklin began as a printer and became a writer, scientist, inventor, civic organiser, and diplomat. Born in Boston, he built his career in Philadelphia and later spent long periods in London and Paris, helping to shape the political life of the new United States.

A LESSER-KNOWN DETAIL

He had only a few years of formal schooling. His international reputation grew from self-directed experiments and inventions, including work on electricity and the mapping of the Gulf Stream.

Words by Benjamin Franklin

“Lost time is never found again.”

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“Well done is better than well said.”

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