When1: 1732
When2: 1790
Who: Benjamin Franklin [Franklin, Benjamin]
What: inventor/statesman
Where: USA
works\ Poor Richard's Almanac [1732 to 1757: maxims and practical advice]; lightning rod [1752]; Franklin stove [1757]; bifocals [1760]; Autobiography [1790]
Detail: He lived 1706 to 1790 and helped found University of Pennsylvania [1751]. He found that lightning is electric, using kite and key [1752].
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