Benjamin Franklin (Cyclopedia of World Authors, Fourth Revised Edition)
Benjamin Franklin was the son of Abiah Folger and Josiah Franklin, a poor soap boiler and tallow chandler. His formal education between 1714 and 1716 consisted of tutoring and a year’s study at the Boston Grammar School. He eventually acquired prodigious learning from his own experience and study, which included vast readings in American, British, and West European books and newspapers.
After working almost two years for his father, Benjamin was apprenticed to his half brother, James Franklin, editor of the New England Courant, from 1721 to 1723. James encouraged his...
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