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Written by Benjamin Franklin

Narrated by Rosanne Laut

Een van de Founding Fathers, Benjamin Franklin, was ook een genie die wist uit te blinken in een verbazingwekkende verscheidenheid aan domeinen. Hij was een wetenschapper, een uitvinder, een humorist en een vooraanstaand politiek figuur; men zou kunnen stellen dat de spanwijdte van zijn nieuwsgierigheid en kennis hem tot een compleet mens maakte. Deze 100 citaten zijn zorgvuldig geselecteerd om u te laten kennismaken met zijn visie op het leven, soms humoristisch, altijd wijs; ze geven u gedegen advies en scherpe geestigheid, in een handig en efficiënt formaat.

• Language: Nederlands
• Publisher: Astorg Nederland
• Release date: Jan 1, 2020
• ISBN: 9782821155367

Benjamin Franklin

Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790) was an American writer, printer, politician, postmaster, scientist, and diplomat. Born in Boston, Massachusetts, Franklin found success at a young age as editor and printer of the Pennsylvania Gazette, a prominent Philadelphia newspaper. From 1732 to 1758, Franklin published Poor Richard’s Almanack, a popular yearly pamphlet that earned Franklin much of his wealth. An influential Philadelphian, Franklin founded the Academy and College of Philadelphia, which would become the University of Pennsylvania, in 1751. In addition, Franklin founded the Library Company of Philadelphia, as well as the city’s first fire department. As revolutionary sentiment was on the rise in the thirteen colonies, Franklin traveled to London to advocate on behalf of Americans unhappy with British rule, earning a reputation as a skilled diplomat and shrewd negotiator. During the American Revolution, his relationships with French officials would prove essential for the war effort, the success of which depended upon munitions shipments from France. Over the next few decades, he would serve as the first postmaster general of the United States and as governor of Pennsylvania while maintaining his diplomatic duties. A dedicated and innovative scientist, Franklin is credited with important discoveries regarding the nature of electricity, as well as with inventing the lightning rod, bifocals, and the Franklin stove. A slaveowner for many years, Franklin eventually became an abolitionist. Although he failed to raise the issue during the 1787 Constitutional Convention, he led the Pennsylvania Abolitionist Society and wrote essays on the subject of slavery, which he deemed “an atrocious debasement of human nature.”