Benjamin Franklin Influence On Education
On April 17, 1790, Founding Father, printer, scientist, philanthropist, inventor, and writer Benjamin Franklin dies in Philadelphia at age 84.
Born in Boston in 1706, Franklin was put to the grammar-school at eight years of age, to follow the service of the Church. He excelled so much, that his father had to begin paying for Franklin’s education. In turn, he was taken out of that school and put into a school for writing and arithmetic, owned by Mr. George Brownell. At age ten, he was taken out of school and employed by his father to cut wick for candles, fill the dipping mold and molds for cast candles, for attending the shop, and the going of errands. At twelve years old, he became an apprentice to his half brother James, a printer and publisher.
Born in Boston in 1706, Franklin was put to the grammar-school at eight years of age, to follow the service of the Church. He excelled so much, that his father had to begin paying for Franklin’s education. In turn, he was taken out of that school and put into a school for writing and arithmetic, owned by Mr. George Brownell. At age ten, he was taken out of school and employed by his father to cut wick for candles, fill the dipping mold and molds for cast candles, for attending the shop, and the going of errands. At twelve years old, he became an apprentice to his half brother James, a printer and publisher.