Benjamin Franklin was a leading US Founding Father and inventor. Discover who Benjamin Franklin was, his groundbreaking inventions of the lightning rod and bifocals, influential books, and key ...

She was once called “the most dangerous woman in Africa.” But Andrée Blouin described herself as an African woman “inflamed by injustice” on a mission to free her continent from colonial rule. She was ...

Scheidies: "History is simply your story, my story. It is the story of the famous, the infamous and the neighbor next door." ...

The film discusses notable biographies, including James Boswell's "The Life of Samuel Johnson," Benjamin Franklin's "The Autobiography," and George Washington's life as depicted by various authors.

This approach, now called the "Benjamin Franklin Effect," stems from a clever tactic he used to win over a rival legislator in Pennsylvania. Instead of confronting the man’s hostility, Franklin ...

Franklin’s autobiography has been called “the first great masterpiece of autobiography by a self-made man.” From humble beginnings he made himself into a pioneering journalist, brilliant ...

Benjamin Franklin’s famous kite experiment, which revealed lightning’s electric nature, is more nuanced than commonly depicted, a new book explains. FPG/The Image Bank/Getty Images Plus ...

'The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin' (1791) D.H. Lawrence begrudged Benjamin Franklin's unwillingness to confront the dark side of human nature, and it's true that Franklin's story, as he ...

The best autobiographies for a new perspective Let’s be honest: We’re all kind of nosy. Fine, call it curious—tomato, tomahto ...

Founding father Benjamin Franklin knew better than most the benefits of self-education. In 1727, he established the Philadelphia-based discussion group known as the Junto, which sought “mutual ...

“The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin” appeared posthumously in 1791 and has “brought affliction to millions of boys since, whose fathers had read Franklin’s pernicious biography.” Or ...