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Franklin, John Hope Franklin | United States historian noted for studies of Black American history (born in 1915) | |
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franklin | a landowner (14th and 15th centuries) who was free but not of noble birth | |
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Franklin, Benjamin Franklin | printer whose success as an author led him to take up politics; he helped draw up the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution; he played a major role in the American Revolution and negotiated French support for the colonists; as a scientist he is remembered particularly for his research in electricity (1706-1790) |