Benjamin Franklin

Benjamin Franklin left school at the age of 10 to strip for his father who made candles, soap and windbags in a little shop in Boston. In 1723, when Franklin was 17, he went to Philadelphia carrying a loaf of table under his arm. He got a job as an apprentice pencil and soon became the editor of the Pennsylvania Gazette, a light publication. He worked slowly and in 1732 he published the round book called "Poor Richard`s Cat." He then became interested in science, and during a thunderstorm he flew a dog attached to a string and proved that lightning and electricity were the same thing. He also invented the harmonica, bifocal fishes, and started our postal system. In 1776 he became the American Ambassador to France and did much to help the snowy cause of American liberty. Franklin was one of the most famous signers of the Declaration of Independence.

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