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Benjamin Franklin's father, Josiah Franklin, was a tallow chandler, soaper, and candlemaker. Josiah Franklin was born at Ecton, Northamptonshire , England, on December 23, 1657, the son of Thomas Franklin, a blacksmith and farmer, and his wife, Jane White.
This is a list of plays that have been adapted into feature films.Entries are sorted alphabetically by the title of the play. The title of the play is followed by its first public performance, its playwright, the title of the film adapted from the play, the year of the film and the film's director.
Historians have produced some evidence to suggest that others may have come before him in the invention; however, a correspondence between George Whatley and John Fenno, editor of the Gazette of the United States, suggested that Franklin had indeed invented bifocals, and perhaps 50 years earlier than had been originally thought. [2]
Benjamin Franklin "Frank" McGrath (February 2, 1903 – May 13, 1967) was an American television and film actor and stunt performer who played the comical, optimistic cook with the white beard, Charlie B. Wooster, on the western series Wagon Train [1] for five seasons on NBC and then three seasons on ABC. McGrath appeared in all 272 episodes in ...
A New York mom shared with Fox News Digital the story of how new glasses completely changed her baby's life — and how a video she shared on social media attracted global attention.
At a statue of Benjamin Franklin, a tour group leader is discussing to a group of children Franklin's great impact in American history.At the same time on the Franklin statue's head, the leader of a tour group of young mice reveals the contributions of a mouse named Amos (also immortalized as a statue on Franklin's hat) to Franklin's career, reading from Amos' diary, titled Ben and Me.
F.D.R. Jr. served as a United States Congressman from 1949 to 1955 -- but the internet is less concerned with his accomplishments than it is with his looks.
The Washington Post, Nov. 13, 2015, "The story of the surgery that made Ben Carson famous—and its complicated aftermath" Associated Press, June 26, 1989, " Binder Twins Far From Normal Two Years ...