Benjamin Franklin
17 January 1706 – 17 April 1790
American polymath, printer, scientist, and statesman who helped draft the Declaration of Independence and made pioneering discoveries about electricity.
Lived at the same time
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Began publishing Poor Richard's Almanack
1732
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Conducted the kite experiment on electricity
June 1752
Demonstrated that lightning is a form of electricity by flying a kite in a storm.
Source: en.wikipedia.org
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Appointed American minister to France
1778
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