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    Benjamin Franklin was the tenth child of a soap maker in England. Although his father intended for him to become a clergyman, he was only able to afford one year of schooling for Benjamin. He was instead tutored by his brother and became interested in printing. Franklin later moved to America from London and had a successful career as a printer and publisher of the New England Gazette. He also made important scientific discoveries about electricity and was a prominent figure at the Constitutional Congress and signer of the Declaration of Independence. Franklin had a hugely influential life and career.

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    Benjamin Franklin was the tenth child of a soap maker in England. Although his father intended for him to become a clergyman, he was only able to afford one year of schooling for Benjamin. He was instead tutored by his brother and became interested in printing. Franklin later moved to America from London and had a successful career as a printer and publisher of the New England Gazette. He also made important scientific discoveries about electricity and was a prominent figure at the Constitutional Congress and signer of the Declaration of Independence. Franklin had a hugely influential life and career.

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    Benjamin Franklin was the tenth child of a soap maker in England. Although his father intended for him to become a clergyman, he was only able to afford one year of schooling for Benjamin. He was instead tutored by his brother and became interested in printing. Franklin later moved to America from London and had a successful career as a printer and publisher of the New England Gazette. He also made important scientific discoveries about electricity and was a prominent figure at the Constitutional Congress and signer of the Declaration of Independence. Franklin had a hugely influential life and career.

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    Interestingly enough, Benjamin Franklin was the tenth child of a soap maker. He father intended for him to be a clergyman. However, he was only able to afford for Benjamin to go to school for one year and clergy had to go to school for several years. Because of his love for books and reading he was tutored by one of his older brothers who was a printer. Later on in his life, he ran away from his family and eventually made his way to America from London. He then went on to printing his own newspaper, The New England Gazette. He was also duly noted as a famous inventor and one of his discoveries was electricity. He was also on the Constitutional Congress which was a response to the taxes enforced by Britain. Later on he was a signer of the Declaration of Independence. When he died his funeral was attended by 20,000 people.

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