Benjamin Franklin

[Boston then moved to Philadelphia] |

Objective
[My objective is to invent many useful inventions ton use now a days.]

Education

[English/language college school, Philadelphia]

[science]
Self-taught, apprenticed as a printer. Honorary Doctor of Laws, Universities of Edinburgh and Oxford.

Experience
[Dates From - To]

[Scientist / inventor] |
[Ben franklin believed that science could solve the problems of human life and that knowledge
came from the senses, observation, and experimentation. He believed that knowledge should
applied to human affairs, the economy, and society.]
[Dates From - To]

[Attended grammar school at the age 8] | [he worked at the age of 10]
[; Founded the Library Company of Philadelphia, 1731]

Awards and Acknowledgments

He apprenticed as a printer to his brother James, who printed the New England courant, at age
twelve, and published his first article there, anonymously, in 1721. Young Benjamin was an avid
reader, inquisitive and spectacles.
The franklin institute invites you to nominate candidates for the Benjamin franklin medals, the
bower award and prizes for the achievements in science, and the bower award for the business
leadership.