Essay Archive - Biography of Benjamin Franklin
Biography of Benjamin Franklin
Benjamin Franklin was born in Boston, Massachusetts on January 17,
1706. He was the youngest son in a family of seventeen. His father was a
salesman of candles and soap. Because the Franklin family was poor, Ben
wasn't able to get much education. When he was ten years old, his father
took him out of school and taught him the soap and candle business.
However, Benjamin disliked the trade. Two years later, Ben was apprenticed
to his brother who was a printer and publisher of The New England Courant.
He became a very good printer. Whi....
|