Franklin, Benjamin
From Astro-Databank
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| born on | 17 January 1706 at 10:30 (= 10:30 AM ) | ||
| Place | Boston MA, USA, 42n21, 71w03 | ||
| Timezone | LMT m71w03 (is local mean time) | ||
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| Astrology data |   27°12'   05°20 Asc. 07°19'
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Biography
American printer, author, publisher, inventor, scientist, public servant and diplomat, a renaissance man, extraordinarily gifted. He left his mark on history in the files of science, invention and engineering; statesmanship; education and the study of nature; finance, insurance, commerce and industry; mass communication; printing, advertising and the graphic arts; religion, fraternal organizations and the humanities; medicine and public health; agriculture; and music and recreation.
Born humbly in Boston, the 15th of 17 kids, he became a printer's apprentice at 12. At 17, he opened his own print shop, a physically robust youth. Printing led to writing, publishing, business success and fame. At 26, he initiated his "Poor Richard's Almanac." Retiring at 42, he dedicated himself to science, until called to politics five years later.
When Franklin died on 4/17/1790, he was the best-loved public figure in the world. He wrote his own epitaph, saying that he would "appear once more in a new and more elegant Edition, revised and corrected by the Author."
Events
- Death, Cause unspecified 17 April 1790 (Age 84)
Source Notes
Rudhyar spec. Frances McEvoy quotes Grant Lewi, C. 1950, for 1:30 AM, stating that "records found at Old south church state that he was baptized the Sunday morning of his birth." PC gives 11:00 AM; Mathhews gives a late Virgo ASC = 9:40 PM.
Ralph Kraum rectified to 10:58 AM LMT, AFA Research Bulletin No. 3, AFA, Tempe,AZ, 1949, p. 1 and 16.
Categories
- Notable : Famous : Founder/ originator (Highly noted inventor)
- Personal : Death : Long life more than 80 yrs (Age 84)
- Traits : Mind : Exceptional mind (Gifted)
- Family : Childhood : Order of birth (15th of 17 kids)
- Notable : Famous : Historic figure
