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Figure: Benjamin Franklin
Contribution: Authored Poor Richard's Almanack
"Ne'er take a wife till thou has a house (and a fire) to put her in." -Poor Richard's Almanack
Although Benjamin Franklin is renowned for many things, including suggesting Daylight Savings Time and inventing a reading chair that could turn into a stepstool, he also authored one of the most popular colonial books: Poor Richard's Almanack, which covered proverbs to encourage productivity and precaution. Franklin, of course, went on to bring the United States of America into being and help construct its government.
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