Famous Inventors: Benjamin Franklin
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It is hard to overstate the popularity of Benjamin Franklin in the 18th century world. Today in the minds of many Benjamin Franklin is remembered as one of the Founding Fathers, and revered for his contributions to the drafting of the Declaration of Independence, the Constitutional Convention and his role in finally convincing the French to join America’s fight for Independence. While all of these accomplishments are certainly noteworthy and would be the defining achievement in the career of most, it is the science and invention of Benjamin Franklin that propelled him to fame and fortune. The list of Benjamin Franklin’s inventions (see below) reveal a man of many talents and interests. It was his love of science and the pursuit of knowledge, however, that brought out the inventor in Franklin. His natural curiosity about things and the way they work made him try to find ways to make them work better.
