Life & Demographics

• Born January 17, 1706 in Boston, Massachusetts

• He was one of seventeen children.

• His father, Josiah Franklin, was a soap maker.

• His mother, Abiah Foldger, was a decendant of the Foldgers Coffee Company.

• He published Poor Richard's Almanack in 1732.

• He taught himself Latin, Italian, French, German and Spanish.

• He held ten different jobs including the following: Printer, Writer, Politician, Inventor, Scientist, Volunteer firefighter, Librarian, Postmaster, Bookstore owner and Soldier in Philadelphia militia

• Died April 17, 1790