Ko Benjamin Franklin (January 17, 1706 [O.S. January 6, 1705] <unk> April 17, 1790) he American polymath me tetahi o te Founding Fathers o te United States. Franklin ko te ārahi kaituhi, pūreretā, kaupapa tōrangapū, kaitōrangapū, Freemason, pouako, pūtaiao, kaihanga, humorist, civic activist, kāwanatanga, me te arumoni. Ka rite ki te pūtaiao, ko ia he ahua nui i roto i te American Enlightenment me te hītori o te ahupūngao mo tona discoveries me te ariā e pā ana ki te hiko. Ka rite ki te kaihanga, ko ia e mohiotia ana mo te uira, bifocals, me te Franklin pounamu, i roto i te tahi atu mau mea i hanga. whakaturia e ia maha iwi, tae atu ki te Library Company o Philadelphia, tuatahi o te Kaituhi o Pennsylvania. riro Franklin te taitara o "te tuatahi o Amerika" mo tona mātauranga tino ārahi, me te whakapumautia e kore e taea e te whakapumautia i raro i tona ingoa. "I
Ko Henry Steele Commager