Benjamin Franklin (January 17, 1706 [O.S. January 6, 1705] <unk> April 17, 1790) bụ onye America polymath na otu n'ime Founding Fathers nke United States. Franklin bụ a na-eduga na-ede akwụkwọ, na-ebi akwụkwọ, na ndọrọ ndọrọ ọchịchị theorist, ndọrọ ndọrọ ọchịchị, Freemason, postmaster, ọkà mmụta sayensị, nchoputa, na-atọ ọchị, civic mmume, statesman, na diplomat. Dị ka a ọkà mmụta sayensị, ọ bụ a isi ọnụ ọgụgụ na American Enlightenment na akụkọ ihe mere eme nke physics maka nchọpụta ya na echiche banyere ọkụ eletrik.
Henry Steele Commager