James Franklin led criticism, but his younger brother, Benjamin, later strongly supported inoculation. In some ways, the divide mirrors the political divide around COVID-19 vaccines.

They saw each other only once more and were never reconciled. A few years before his death in 1790, Benjamin wrote to William: Nothing has ever hurt me so much and affected me with such keen ...

Ken Burns’s four-hour documentary, Benjamin Franklin, explores the revolutionary life of one of the 18th century’s most consequential figures, whose work and words unlocked the mystery of ...

Well, in Benjamin Franklin, ... And he's a master at writing an angry letter and sticking it in his top desk drawer and not sending it. And I just think there's a creativity there.

“Franklin” tells the story of how Benjamin Franklin, best known at the time as an inventor, travels to France in December 1776 on a secret mission. In the American colonies, the British appear ...

When we heard that Michael Douglas was going to play Benjamin Franklin in a new Apple TV+ series, we had our doubts.But after watching the first episode of the series, which depicts the 70-year ...