Jan. 17: Benjamin Franklin, American polymath

BORN JANUARY 17:

Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790) American polymath, Founding Father, first Ambassador to France, and ladies' man. Read his Autobiography; much of Poor Richard's Almanack has entered the common core of culture ("A friend in need is a friend indeed!")

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