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Francis Folger Franklin (October 20, 1732 – November 21, 1736) was the son of Founding Father of the United States Benjamin Franklin and Deborah Read. In 1736, four-year-old Francis contracted the smallpox virus and died shortly thereafter.
2 de nov. de 2021 · It came from painful first-hand experience; as a 30-year-old father, Benjamin Franklin lost the youngest of his two sons, Francis Folger Franklin, to smallpox on Nov. 21, 1736, in Philadelphia.
Benjamin Franklin’s four-year-old son, Francis Folger Franklin, died of smallpox on November 21, 1736. Rumors began to circulate claiming that the boy had been inoculated. Franklin published a denial and advocated inoculation.
2 de ene. de 2002 · Francis Folger Franklin, born Oct. 20, 1732, died of smallpox Nov. 21, 1736. BF regretted to the end of his life, he wrote in his autobiography, that he had not had the boy inoculated.
30 de abr. de 2022 · Learn about the life and legacy of Benjamin Franklin, one of the Founding Fathers of the United States, and his family members, including his son Francis Folger Franklin. Francis died of smallpox at age four, while his father was in London, and his grave was lost in London.
Francis Folger Franklin was the eldest son of Benjamin Franklin and Deborah Read. He was born in 1732 and died in 1736 from smallpox, despite his father's efforts to inoculate him.
19 de nov. de 2018 · Francis Folger Franklin was born to Franklin and Deborah Read on October 20, 1732, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Called “Franky” by his parents, Francis was described as a “precocious, curious and special” child. Tragically, Francis died in 1736 at the age of four after contracting small pox.
