BENJAMIN FRANKLIN: Live Wire, written by Janet & Geoff Benge. Benjamin Franklin was a printer, writer, inventor and scientist who made great contribution to the study of electric. He was also one of the most important politicians who laid the foundation of America. Benjamin Franklin was born in 1706 in Boston. His family made a living by making soap and candles. When Ben was little his father decided that Ben should become a clergyman. He was sent to Boston Grammar School to learn Latin as th
