Benjamin Franklin
Name: Benjamin Franklin Born: October 18, 1706, Boston, Massachusetts Bay, USA Death: April 17, 1790 (Age: 83) Computer-related contributions 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’....