[PAR] [TLE] Benjamin Franklin [SEP] Benjamin Franklin FRS, FRSE (January 17, 1706 [O.S. January 6, 1705] April 17, 1790) was one of the Founding Fathers of the United States.  Franklin was a renowned polymath and a leading author, printer, political theorist, politician, freemason, postmaster, scientist, inventor, humorist, civic activist, statesman, and diplomat.  As a scientist, he was a major figure in the American Enlightenment and the history of physics for his discoveries and theories regarding electricity.  As an inventor, he is known for the lightning rod, bifocals, and the Franklin stove, among other inventions.  He facilitated many civic organizations, including Philadelphia's fire department and the University of Pennsylvania, an Ivy League institution. [PAR] [TLE] Carl Rohl-Smith [SEP] Carl Wilhelm Daniel Rohl-Smith (April 3, 1848- August 20, 1900) was a Danish American sculptor who was active in Europe and the United States from 1870 to 1900.  He sculpted a number of life-size and small bronzes based on Greco-Roman mythological themes in Europe as well as a wide number of bas-reliefs, busts, funerary monuments, and statues throughout Denmark, the German Confederation, and Italy.  Emigrating to the United States in 1886, he once more produced a number of sculptures for private citizens.  His most noted American works were a statue of a soldier for a Battle of the Alamo memorial in Texas, a statue of Benjamin Franklin for the World's Columbian Exposition in 1893, a statue group in Chicago commemorating the Fort Dearborn Massacre, and the General William Tecumseh Sherman Monument in Washington, D.C.
[PAR] [TLE] Benjamin Franklin [ SEP ] Benjamin Franklin FRS , FRSE ( January 17 , 1706 [ O.S. January 6 , 1705 ] April 17 , 1790 ) was one of the Founding Fathers of the United States . Franklin was a renowned polymath and a leading author , printer , political theorist , politician , freemason , postmaster , scientist , inventor , humorist , civic activist , statesman , and diplomat . As a scientist , he was a major figure in the American Enlightenment and the history of physics for his discoveries and theories regarding electricity . As an inventor , he is known for the lightning rod , bifocals , and the Franklin stove , among other inventions . He facilitated many civic organizations , including Philadelphia 's fire department and the University of Pennsylvania , an Ivy League institution . [PAR] [TLE] Carl Rohl - Smith [ SEP ] Carl Wilhelm Daniel Rohl - Smith ( April 3 , 1848- August 20 , 1900 ) was a Danish American sculptor who was active in Europe and the United States from 1870 to 1900 . He sculpted a number of life - size and small bronzes based on Greco - Roman mythological themes in Europe as well as a wide number of bas - reliefs , busts , funerary monuments , and statues throughout Denmark , the German Confederation , and Italy . Emigrating to the United States in 1886 , he once more produced a number of sculptures for private citizens . His most noted American works were a statue of a soldier for a Battle of the Alamo memorial in Texas , a statue of Benjamin Franklin for the World 's Columbian Exposition in 1893 , a statue group in Chicago commemorating the Fort Dearborn Massacre , and the General William Tecumseh Sherman Monument in Washington , D.C.
Which founding father of the United States had a statute of himself created by Carl Wilhelm Daniel Rohl-Smith featured at the World's Columbian Exposition in 1893
Which founding father of the United States had a statute of himself created by Carl Wilhelm Daniel Rohl - Smith featured at the World 's Columbian Exposition in 1893
Benjamin Franklin
Benjamin Franklin