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Benjamin Franklin

Statesman / Inventor · American · 18th c.

American Founding Father and inventor (1706–1790). His kite-and-lightning experiment led to the invention of the lightning rod. He participated in drafting the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution and secured the alliance with France. The polymath par excellence — printer, publisher, postmaster, diplomat, scientist, civic organiser — a founding figure of both American democracy and American pragmatism.