FRANKLIN
\fɹˈaŋklɪn], \fɹˈaŋklɪn], \f_ɹ_ˈa_ŋ_k_l_ɪ_n]\
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printer whose success as an author led him to take up politics; he helped draw up the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution; he played a major role in the American Revolution and negotiated French support for the colonists; as a scientist he is remembered particularly for his research in electricity (1706-1790)
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a landowner (14th and 15th centuries) who was free but not of noble birth
By Princeton University
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By Noah Webster.