Benjamin Flankin

1. BENJAMIN FRANKLIN (1706 – 1790)

2. BENJAMIN
FRANKLIN
1706-1790
AUTHOR INVENTOR SCIENTIST
POLITICIAN

3. PARENTS
JOSIAH FRANKLIN ABIAH FOLGER
1657-1745 1667-1752

4. Birthplace of Benjamin Franklin:
The House on Milk Street.

5. WIFE
DEBORAH READ
(1705 -1774)
2 CHILDREN:
SARAH AND
FRANCIS

6. He wrote secretly, using the name
“Silence Dogood”, slipped his stories
under the door of his brother's print
shop.

7. BENJAMIN AS AUTHOR AND
EDUCATOR

8. The Pennsylvania Gazette
HIS OWN NEWSPAPER 1729

9. POOR RICHARD’S
ALMANACK
His first published
was Poor Richard’s
Almanack in 1732,
under pseudonym
Richard Saunders.
A guide to both
weather forecasts
and wise maxims.

10. BENJAMIN FRANKLIN AS AMBASSADOR
Franklin went to France in 1776 to gain
French aid against Great Britain.

11. BENJAMIN AS POLITICIAN
• He was elected to
the Pennsylvania
Assembly in 1751.
• He helped draft
and signed the
Declaration of
Independence.

12. DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE

13. BENJAMIN FRANKLIN AS
INVENTOR AND SCIENTIST

14. INVENTIONS
• BIFOCALS
• CATHETER
• FRANKLIN STOVE
• GLASS ARMONICA
• LIGHTNING ROD
• ODOMETER

15. INVENTIONS
GLASS ARMONICA FRANKLIN STOVE

16. INVENTIONS
BIFOCALS ODOMETER

17. INVENTIONS
LIGHTNING ROD
DAYLIGHT SAVINGS TIME

18. DISCOVERIES
ELECTRICITY
He was a pioneer in the study of
electricity and world-renowned for his
contributions.

19. FROM POOR RICHARD’S ALMANACK
"Fish & Visitors stink in 3 days."
"The rotten Apple spoils his Companion."
"He that speaks much, is much mistaken."
"Creditors have better memories than
debtors."
"He that scatters Thorns, let him not go
barefoot."
"God heals, and the Doctor takes the Fees."
"Well done is better than well said."
"There are three faithful friends, an old
wife, an old dog, and ready money."

20. AUTOBIOGRAPHY: 13 VIRTUES
TEMPERANCE
SILENCE SINCERITY
TRANQUILITY HUMILITY

21. ACTUAL INFORMATION
$100 BILL
Benjamin, Franklin, Monument
Washington, CC

22. Benjamin Franklin Statue
University of
Pennsylvania
Ben: Reading a
book.

23. Benjamin Franklin’s grave
Tomb of Benjamin
Franklin & his wife
Deborah Franklin,
Christ Church
Burial Ground,
Philadelphia

24. REFERENTIAL QUOTES
"Energy and persistence conquer
all things.."
"Admiration is the daughter of
ignorance”.
“A penny saved is a penny
earned”

25. BIBLIOGRAPHY
Quick Biography of Benjamin Franklin.
www.ushistory.org/franklin/info/index.htm
Benjamin Franklin Biography - Facts, Birthday, Life Story –
Biography www.biography.com/.../benjamin-franklin-9301234
http://www.poetry-archive.com/f/franklin_benjamin.html