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Benjamin Franklin

Franklin’s lifelong quest was spreading scientific knowledge to regular people.

Eclipsing the Occult in Early America: Benjamin Franklin and His Almanacs

Franklin advanced a scientific – not supernatural – understanding of astronomical events such as eclipses. His satirical character 'Poor Richard' mocked those who bought into astrological predictions.
By Carla J. Mulford
John Adams and his descendants were the subjects of Brookhiser's third biography.

Bye George: Biographers Struggle to Let Go of Their Subjects

Biographer Richard Brookhiser will bid adieu to his John Marshall next.
By Richard Brookhiser

At Thomas Jefferson’s Seder

A new genetic study raises the tantalizing possibility that Thomas Jefferson may have had Jewish ancestry. —Newsweek (3/12/07) The happiest
By Observer Staff

Ben Franklin, Diplomat, Flirts Fabulously With France

By Ted Widmer

Hard Birth and Fast Start For Our Now-Almighty Dollar

By Ann Marlowe

Franklin the Fabulous Founder Rescued From Recent Neglect

By Ted Widmer
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