Monuments
Name:
Benjamin Franklin
Rank:
Ambassador
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Unit:
Department of State
Date of Death:
1790-04-17
State:
Pennsylvania
Cemetery:
Christ Church Burial Ground, Philadelphia, P
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Row:
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Comments:
Born January 17, 1706, Franklin was one of the Founding Fathers of the United States, a leading author, printer, political theorist, politician, postmaster, scientist, musician, inventor, satirist, civic activist, statesman, and diplomat. As an accomplished diplomat, he was widely admired among the French as American minister to Paris and was a major figure in the development of positive Franco-American relations.