Benjamin Franklin (January 17, 1706 [O.S. January 6, 1705] <unk> April 17, 1790) aiva American polymath uye mumwe Founding Fathers of the United States. Franklin akanga achitungamirira munyori, aidhinda, enyika theorist, wezvematongerwo enyika, Freemason, postmaster, musayendisiti, muvambi, humorist, mugari activist, statesman, uye gweta. Somunhu musayendisiti, aiva chikuru mufananidzo muna American Kujekerwa uye nhoroondo yefizikisi nokuda kwake zvakawanikwa uye dzidziso pamusoro magetsi. Somunhu muvambi, iye anozivikanwa nokuda mheni tsvimbo, bifocals, uye Franklin chitofu, pakati zvimwe zvigadzirwa. Akavamba vagari vakawanda, kusanganisira Philadelphia Library Company, wokutanga mupepeti uye dhipatimendi Pennsylvania.
Henry Steele Commager