The first English language teacher in the town was Benjamin Blackledge ( d. 1783 ).

These included leading figures of the European ' Enlightenment ' including the philosophers Voltaire, 1694 – 1778 ) and Jean-Jacques Rousseau ( 1712 – 1778 ); the future US Presidents John Adams ( 1735 – 1826 ) and Thomas Jefferson ( 1743 – 1826 ); Benjamin Franklin ( 1706 – 1790 ); the German landscape artist Prince Hermann von Pückler-Muskau ; the Italian statesman Giuseppe Garibaldi ( 1807 – 1882 ); Russian Tsars Nicholas I ( 1796 – 1855 ) and Alexander I ( 1777 – 1825 ); the king of Persia ; Queen Victoria ( 1819 – 1901 ) and Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg ( 1819 – 61 ); Sir Walter Scott ( 1771 – 1832 ); Prince Leopold III, Duke of Anhalt-Dessau ( 1740 – 1817 ); Prime Ministers William Ewart Gladstone ( 1809 – 1898 ) and Sir Robert Walpole ( 1676 – 1745 ); Queen Caroline of Brandenburg-Ansbach ( 1683 – 1737 ); John Stuart, 3rd Earl of Bute ( 1713 – 92 ) his architect William Burges ( 1827 – 1881 ) and the present Prince of Wales and Princess Margaret.

Originally called the " Philosophical Society ", the Society was founded in 1743 by Benjamin Franklin and John Bartram as an offshoot of an earlier club, the Junto.

Bowdoin may have met Benjamin Franklin as early as 1743, and the two became frequent collaborators and correspondents on scientific subjects.

His mother was Sarah Franklin Bache ( September 11, 1743 – October 5, 1808 ) was the daughter of Benjamin Franklin, one of the Founding Fathers of the United States of America and Deborah Read.

In May of 1743, while serving as surveyor general of New York, Cadwallader began a correspondence with Benjamin Franklin encouraging Franklin to create the American Philosophical Society.

In 1743, Benjamin Tasker built the Belair Mansion on a tobacco plantation in Collington, Maryland, now known as Bowie, Maryland on behalf of Ogle.

* Sarah Franklin Bache ( 1743 – 1808 ), his wife and Benjamin Franklin's daughter

Craighead had numerous published works, including Renewal of the Covenants, National and Solemn League ; A Confession of Sins ; An Engagement to Duties ; and a Testimony ; as they were Carried on at Middle Octorara in Pennsylvania, November 11, and The reasons of Mr. Alexander Craighead's receding from the present judicatories of this church ..., 1743, both published by Benjamin Franklin.

* Anne Carter ( 1702 – 1743 ) married Benjamin Harrison IV ; ( parents of Benjamin Harrison V and grandparents of President William Henry Harrison ).

* 1916 – Benjamin Libet, American scientist ( d. 2007 )

* 1939 – Benjamin Barber, American theorist

* 1839 – Benjamin Pierce, American politician ( b. 1757 )

In American history important spokesmen included Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Jefferson, J. Hector St. John de Crèvecœur ( 1735 – 1813 ), and John Taylor of Caroline ( 1753 – 1824 ) in the early national period.

* 1907 – Benjamin Henry Sheares, Singaporean politician, 2nd President of Singapore ( d. 1981 )

* 1974 – Benjamin Limo, Kenyan runner

* 1863 – American Civil War: Grierson's Raid begins – troops under Union Army Colonel Benjamin Grierson attack central Mississippi.

* 1897 – Benjamin Lee Whorf, American linguist ( d. 1941 )

Benjamin Lee Whorf ( April 24, 1897 – July 26, 1941 ) was an American linguist and fire prevention engineer.

Benjamin Disraeli, 1st Earl of Beaconsfield, KG, PC, FRS, ( 21 December 1804 – 19 April 1881 ) was a British Prime Minister, parliamentarian, Conservative statesman and literary figure.

" Benjamin Franklin ," Dictionary of American Biography ( 1931 ) – vol 3, with hot links online

The Radical Enlightenments of Benjamin Franklin ( 1997 ) – fresh look at the intellectual roots of Franklin

Benjamin Franklin's Science ( 1990 ) – Cohen, the leading specialist, has several books on Franklin's science

Reappraising Benjamin Franklin: A Bicentennial Perspective ( 1993 ) – scholarly essays

* Mathews, L. K. “ Benjamin Franklin ’ s Plans for a Colonial Union, 1750 – 1775 .” American Political Science Review 8 ( August 1914 ): 393 – 412.

* Benjamin Franklin: First American Diplomat, 1776 – 1785 US State Department

* Benjamin Franklin 1706 – 1790 Text of biography by Rev.

* Benjamin Franklin 300 ( 1706 – 2006 ) Official web site of the Benjamin Franklin Tercentenary.

His two Stanford teams went 9 – 3 in 1977 with a win in the Sun Bowl, and 8 – 4 in 1978 with a win in the Bluebonnet Bowl ; his notable players at Stanford included quarterbacks Guy Benjamin and Steve Dils, wide receivers James Lofton and Ken Margerum, and running back Darrin Nelson.

In 1998, Pensacola Christian College produced a widely distributed videotape, arguing that this " leaven of fundamentalism " was passed from the 19th-century Princeton theologian Benjamin B. Warfield ( 1851 – 1921 ) to Charles Brokenshire ( 1885 – 1954 ), who served BJU as Dean of the School of Religion, and then to current BJU faculty members and graduates.

Meanwhile, both architect Benjamin Henry Latrobe and Hoban contributed to the design and oversight of the reconstruction, which lasted from 1815 until 1817.

Benjamin P. Cheney was the eldest son of a blacksmith who was born in 1815 at Hillsborough, New Hampshire.

The link cost £ 35, 000, was supervised by Benjamin Bevan, and was built between 1812 and 1815.

* Benjamin Smith Barton ( 1766 – 1815 ), American botanist

Influenced by the Swiss anthropologist Johann Jakob Bachofen ( 1815 – 87 ), Benjamin coined the term “ auratic perception ”, denoting the aesthetic faculty by means of which civilization may recover an appreciation of myth.

* Benjamin F. Angel ( 1815 – 1894 ), American diplomat

Benjamin Smith Barton ( February 10, 1766 – December 19, 1815 ) was an American botanist, naturalist, and physician.

Benjamin Williams Crowninshield ( December 27, 1772 – February 3, 1851 ) served as the United States Secretary of the Navy between 1815 and 1818, during the administrations of Presidents James Madison and James Monroe.

He also carved figureheads for the U. S. Navy frigates ( John Adams, 1799, whereabouts unknown ), ( Hercules, 1799, burned 1804 ), and ( Captain John Smith, 1822, whereabouts unknown ); along with the gun-ships ( Benjamin Franklin, 1815, U. S. Naval Academy Museum ), ( Christopher Columbus, 1819, whereabouts unknown ), ( Sir Walter Raleigh, 1820, whereabouts unknown ), and ( Hercules, 1824 – 37, attributed to Rush or his son John, whereabouts unknown ).

Benjamin Contee ( 1755 – November 30, 1815 ) was an American Episcopal priest and statesman from Maryland.

* Benjamin Ignatius Hayes ( 1815 – 1877 ), lawyer, first Judge of the Southern District of California from 1852-1864.

The meridian was surveyed by Benjamin Hough in April 1815.