Profs & Pints: The Genius of Benjamin Franklin
The Bier Baron Tavern 1523 22nd Street Northwest, Washington, DC, United StatesProfs and Pints presents: “The Genius of Benjamin Franklin,” with Richard Bell, associate professor of history at the University of Maryland. Benjamin Franklin's genius is a puzzle. Born the tenth and youngest son of a decidedly humble family of puritan candle-makers, his rise to the front ranks of science, engineering, and invention was as unexpected […]