# Poor Richard — The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin character guide

> Poor Richard in The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin by Benjamin Franklin.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** X Poor Richard

**First appearance:** 0013-x-poor-richard-s-almanac-and-other-activities

## Who they are

Fictional persona of Franklin's almanac, dispensing proverbs and wit.

## In the story

### [X: Poor Richard’s Almanac and Other Activities](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/franklin_autobiography_se/chapters/x-poor-richard-s-almanac-and-other-activities)

Pseudonym used by Franklin for the Almanac; the wise old man character in the 1757 preface.

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