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Benjamin Franklin

Benjamin Franklin - Electrical Ambassador

Written by Erick Brenstrum and first published in New Zealand Geographic 96, March-April 2009 

We think of Benjamin Franklin as American, but for the first seventy odd years of his life he thought of himself as British. In turn, the British thought him one of theirs and embraced Franklin’s ideas and inventions as British discoveries.

Posted on Fri, 22/06/2012 - 13:39 Thu, 03/06/2021 - 11:43

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