Biography | Benjamin Franklin

Benjamin Franklin

Miniature by Thouron, 1782, Bridgeman Art Library, London

January 6, 1706 O.S. – April 17, 1790
American printer — he published the first book in the colonies, Anderson’s Constitutions of 1723 — author, postmaster, statesman, scientist and philosopher, Franklin was instrumental in the formation of the United States.
Initiated: February 1730-1
Secretary: 1735-38
St. John’s Lodge, Philadelphia
Junior Grand Warden: June 24, 1732
Grand Master: June 24, 1734
Provincial Grand Master, Boston: June 10, 1749
Provincial Grand Master, Philadelphia: June 1760
Deputy Grand Master: March 13, 1750
Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania
Venerable Master: 1779-80, 1782
Loge des Neuf Soeurs, Paris

Source: Denslow; Mackey