The Rights of Man · Character
Benjamin Franklin
American inventor and diplomat, admired by Paine.
minor
Also known as Franklin, Dr. Franklin
First appearance: part first being an answer to mr burke s attack on the french revolution
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Preceded Paine in Paris; Paine became the center of the same circle of savants and philosophers that had surrounded Franklin.
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With Count de Broglie (friendship): Franklin and Broglie were allies and fellow Enlightenment figures, collaborating on American-French relations during the Revolutionary War. With Thomas Paine (friendship): Franklin…
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- Historical and Political References
- Paine's Revolutionary Allies
- Protagonist
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- Count de Broglie
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- Thomas Paine
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