Benjamin Franklin (jan 6, 1706 – apr 17, 1790)

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"American printer and publisher, author, inventor and scientist, and diplomat. One of the foremost of the Founding Fathers, Franklin helped draft the Declaration of Independence and was one of its signers, represented the United States in France during the American Revolution, and was a delegate to the Constitutional Convention."

-Britannica

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