# Benjamin Franklin — The Rights of Man character guide

> Benjamin Franklin in The Rights of Man by Thomas Paine.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Franklin, Dr. Franklin

**First appearance:** 0002-part-first-being-an-answer-to-mr-burke-s-attack-on-the-french-revolution

## Who they are

American inventor and diplomat, admired by Paine.

## Relationships

### [Count de Broglie](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_rights_of_man_se/characters/count_de_broglie)

_friendship_

Franklin and Broglie were allies and fellow Enlightenment figures, collaborating on American-French relations during the Revolutionary War.

### [Thomas Paine](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_rights_of_man_se/characters/thomas_paine)

_friendship_

Franklin and Paine shared a warm mentor-friend relationship, with Franklin encouraging Paine's emigration to America and supporting his early career.

## In the story

### [Editor's Introduction](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_rights_of_man_se/chapters/editor-s-introduction)

Preceded Paine in Paris; Paine became the center of the same circle of savants and philosophers that had surrounded Franklin.

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