She wrote to him of her illness—her shaky handwriting betraying her failing health—but he would not return to her before she passed away. William Franklin was Benjamin’s first child and his ...

“Franklin” director Tim Van Patten, who won Emmys for “Boardwalk Empire” and “The Pacific,” says that although he loves history and is a history buff “this was a slice of history I ...

LOS ANGELES – Even Michael Douglas had doubts about portraying Benjamin Franklin in the Oscar-winning actor's first period drama. Douglas, 79, who famously proclaimed "Greed is Good" in his ...

A painting of Franklin’s return to Philadelphia from Europe in 1785 shows him flanked by his son-in-law (in red), his daughter and Benjamin Bache (in blue), the grandson he’d taken to France ...

But what does that mean? Thinking about this, my mind turned to a recent book about Benjamin Franklin by journalist Eric Weiner, “Ben & Me: In Search of a Founder’s Formula for a Long and ...

Michael Douglas brings Benjamin Franklin to life in Apple TV+’s new historical drama series, “Franklin,” based on the Pulitzer Prize-winning book “A Great Improvisation: Franklin ...

None other than Benjamin Franklin. Yes, that Benjamin Franklin. The Boston-born founding father gained fame as a statesman, newspaper guy and public intellectual — and as the inventor of ...