Among the leading intellectuals of his time, Franklin was one of the Founding Fathers of the United States and the first United States Postmaster General. Benjamin Franklin by Joseph Duplessis, 1778īoston, Massachusetts Bay, British Americaīenjamin Franklin FRS FRSA FRSE (Janu – April 17, 1790) was an American polymath who was active as a writer, scientist, inventor, statesman, diplomat, printer, publisher and political philosopher.
