Benjamin Franklin

GPTKB entity

Properties (63)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf historical figure
gptkbp:advocatesFor abolition of slavery
gptkbp:born gptkb:Boston,_Massachusetts
January 17, 1706
gptkbp:died April 17, 1790
gptkbp:established gptkb:the_American_Philosophical_Society
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Benjamin Franklin
gptkbp:inventor the lightning rod
bifocal glasses
the_Franklin_stove
gptkbp:is_a gptkb:printer
statesman
diplomat
inventor
scientist
polymath
founding_father_of_the_United_States
gptkbp:is_a_member_of gptkb:the_Freemasons
gptkb:George_Washington
gptkb:Thomas_Jefferson
gptkb:Voltaire
gptkb:David_Hume
gptkb:John_Adams
gptkb:the_Declaration_of_Independence
gptkb:the_Continental_Congress
gptkb:the_University_of_Pennsylvania
community development
education
civic engagement
fire departments
social justice
sustainable practices
community service
human rights
public health initiatives
scientific societies
social welfare programs
civic responsibility
cultural institutions
environmental stewardship
philanthropy
self-improvement
freedom of speech
international diplomacy
public libraries
religious tolerance
civic organizations
scientific inquiry
freedom of the press
the Enlightenment
the scientific method
civic education
scientific literacy
cultural literacy
civic virtue
the Treaty of Paris
civic responsibility.
electricity research
cultural_exchange
gptkbp:notableFeature gptkb:the_Constitutional_Convention
gptkbp:servedIn gptkb:the_first_United_States_Postmaster_General
gptkbp:wrote gptkb:The_Autobiography_of_Benjamin_Franklin
Poor Richard's Almanack