The 1918 Influenza Pandemic
1918–1920
1918–20 · at least fifty million dead worldwide
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania — where a parade helped it spread
In memory of
Benjamin Franklin
Printer, scientist and diplomat
- Born
- Died
- Lived
- 84 years
- Resting place
- Christ Church Burial Ground, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
The tenth son of a soap-maker, Franklin left school at ten and became a printer, then a scientist who explained lightning, then the diplomat who persuaded France to back the American revolution. He founded a library, a fire company, a hospital and a university.
His flat gravestone in Philadelphia reads simply "Benjamin and Deborah Franklin". Visitors have thrown coins onto it for generations, a habit that once damaged the marble.
This page was written by the site, from public historical records.
Nearby and related
Emmy Noether
1882–1935
Lectured for years under another man's name because a woman could not hold the post
Cloisters of the M. Carey Thomas Library, Bryn Mawr College, Pennsylvania