Benjamin Franklin

It is our hope that each child at a Franklin School will become a student of our school's namesake, Benjamin Franklin.  From time to time, students have an opportunity to share with others interesting facts about this most remarkable man.  Just a few of the facts surrounding his life are included below:

• He was born in Boston, Massachusetts on January 17, 1706.
• He attended school for only 2 years until the age of 10.
• He continued his studies on his own and learned 5 foreign languages.
• He served as an apprentice to his older brother and learned the art of printing.
• He published the Pennsylvania Gazette.
• He married Deborah Read in 1730, and they had 3 children.
• He was the only person to sign the Declaration of Independence, the Treaty of Alliance with France, the Treaty of Peace with Great Britain, and the Constitution of the United States.
• He was the oldest delegate to the Constitional Convention.
• He published Poor Richard's Almanac.
• He was one of the first men to experiment with electricity and invented the lighting rod.
• He died April 17, 1790, and was buried in Philadelphia.