Benjamin Franklin

“Benjamin Franklin: Glimpses of the Man” is a hyperlinked biography from the Franklin Institute Online that contains a portrait and a link to a QuickTime movie about Franklin.

This page from ThinkQuest.org contains links to a Franklin biography that includes hyperlinked chapters, an epilogue, and a chronology.

Here are ten Franklin portraits. What can you tell about the man's life by studying these representations of him? What common traits run through this collection?

This page contains some information about a forty-part animated PBS series about the founders of the U.S. Whoopi Goldberg is slated to give voice to Deborah Sampson, Ben Stiller will be Thomas Jefferson, and Walter Cronkite will play Franklin.

You probably know that Franklin was an inventor. Want to find out more about his inventions? This hyperlinked essay outlines and details them.

Are you thinking about doing a research paper on Franklin? To put his life and work into historical context, check out this page of 18th Century historical resources. You'll find plenty of places to visit online there.

Need a Benjamin Franklin impersonator (and who doesn't?), but don't know where to turn? Look no further.

How about some Franklin quotes? Ok, then, click over to “The Quotable Franklin,” a hyperlinked collection arranged by keyword. You'll also find a portrait and some commentary there.

Here Franklin takes a look at the idea of daylight savings time in an article first published in 1784 in Journal de Paris.

Looking for some of Franklin's work in etext? This page from EarlyAmerica.com has his Autobiography and some links.