This is the short Biography of Benjamin Franklin. He is also known as Ben Franklin. He is the great scientist,diplomat,author in 18th century. If there had been a Nobel Prize for Physics in the 18th century, Franklin would have been a contender.
2. Benjamin Franklin
Founding Father of the United States
Benjamin Franklin born on January 17, 1706 in Boston,
Massachusetts.
He got married in 1730 with Deborah
He had three children. William and Francis were his two
Sons and a daughter Sarah Bache.
He died on April 17, 1790, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
5. Flying a kite in a storm was perhaps Benjamin Franklin’s most famous
experiment that led to the invention of the lightning rod and the
understanding of positive and negative charges. The connection
between electricity and lightning was known but not fully understood.
By conducting the kite experiment Franklin proved that lighting was an
electrical discharge and realized that it can be charged over a
conductor into the ground providing a safe alternative path and
eliminating the risk of deadly fires.