what was ben franklin's nickname?

lisalu358 · #1 Jan 18, 2008, 04:56 AM

What were Ben Franklin's nicknames?

tomder55 · Jan 18, 2008, 06:06 AM

the water American

Because he drank water when it was more common to drink beer and ale.

George_1950 · Jan 18, 2008, 11:28 AM

You might try this, from Wikipedia: "Poor Richard's Almanack (sometimes Almanac) was a yearly almanack published by Benjamin Franklin, who adopted the pseudonym of "Poor Richard" or "Richard Saunders" for this purpose."



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