Benjamin Franklin

Benjamin Franklin was born on January 17, 1706, in Boston and died on April 17, 1790, in Philadelphia. He held citizenship in both the Kingdom of Great Britain and the United States. Franklin was known for being a writer, politician, postmaster, statesman, diplomat, polymath, designer, musician, librarian, journalist, economist, physicist, editor, chess player, and was homeschooled.

Franklin used the pseudonym Silence Dogood and had three children: William Franklin, Sarah Franklin Bache, and Francis Folger Franklin. His father was Josiah Franklin. Benjamin Franklin was the founder of the United States Postal Inspection Service and identified as a person with nationality from the United States.