富兰克林和美国梦.ppt

A writer? A scientist? A politician? A genius! Who can be qualified with so many things? ??????????????????????????????????????? ? Statue of Franklin in the National Portrait Gallery in Washington, D.C Franklins birthplace on Milk Street, Boston, Massachusetts ????????????? ? Benjamin Franklin The first US postage stamp, 1847 Personal details Born January 17, 1706Boston, Massachusetts Bay Died April 17, 1790 (aged?84)Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Nationality American Political party Independent Spouse(s) Deborah Read Children William FranklinFrancis Folger FranklinSarah Franklin Bache Profession ScientistWriterPolitician Signature ??????????????????? A bust of Franklin by Jean-Antoine Houdon Benjamin Franklin was one of the Founding Fathers of the United States. A noted polymath, Franklin was a leading author, printer, political theorist, politician, postmaster, scientist, musician, inventor, satirist, civic activist, statesman, and diplomat. As a scientist, he was a major figure in the American Enlightenment and the history of physics for his discoveries and theories regarding electricity. He invented the lightning rod, bifocals, the Franklin stove, a carriage odometer, and the glass ‘armonica’. He facilitated many civic organizations, including a fire department and a university. Franklin earned the title of The First American for his early and indefatigable campaigning for colonial unity; as an author and spokesman in London for several colonies, then as the first United States Ambassador to France, he exemplified the emerging American nation. Franklin was foundational in defining the American ethos as a marriage of the practical values of thrift, hard work, education, community spirit, self-governing institutions, and opposition to authoritarianism both political and religious, with the scientific and tolerant values of the Enlightenment. In the words of historian Several main events in Franklin‘s life In 1733, Franklin began to publish t