Benjamin Franklin
printer, publisher, entrepreneur, patriot, activist
Contact Information
office address: Market Street, Philadelphia
home address: same
website: profile
email: email
Professional Objective
If you would not be forgotten as soon as you are dead,
either write something worth reading or do things worth writing.
Education
- I was put to the grammar-school at eight years of age, my father intending to devote me, as the tithe of his sons, to the service of the Church.
- Honorary degrees from Harvard and Yale, 1753.
Teaching Experience
- Founded the American Philosophical Society
- Co-founded the Academy and College of Philadelphia
Publications
- Pennsylvania Gazette
- Poor Richard’s Almanack (Phila: B. Franklin, 1768)
- “Rules by Which a Great Empire May Be Reduced to a Small One”
- “An Edict by the King of Prussia”
- “Advice to a Friend on Choosing a Mistress”
Presentations
Additional Professional Experience
- publisher
- inventor
- ambassador
Research Interests
- electrical phenomena
- efficient home heating
- multi-purpose eyeglasses
- maritime observations
- population studies
Primary Teaching Competencies
- science
- common sense
- theory of education
Language Competencies
- French
Other Skills
- diplomacy
- invention
Professional Affiliations
- “educational triumvirate” planning “new model” of college education
Community Service
- Sixth President of Pennsylvania
- Pennsylvania Assembly