Benjamin Franklin: Founding Father and Polymath Early Life:Benjamin Franklin was born on January 17, 1706, in Boston, Massachusetts, to Josiah Franklin, a candle and soap maker, and Abiah Folger, his second wife. Benjamin was the fifteenth of Josiah’s seventeen children. Franklin’s formal education lasted only two years, and he was largely self-taught through voracious reading.… Continue reading Biography of Famous Physicists Benjamin Franklin