In 1753, Benjamin Franklin was an Agent to Europe for Pennsylvania.
He was postmaster of Philadelphia from 1737-1753.
He won the Copley Medal in 1732. He was the second person ever to be given that award. It was a very prestigious award, and given yearly for outstanding achivevments in any branch of science.
He was a Printer, an American ambassador to the French Court, Post Master of Philadelphia 1737-1753, and various other professions.
Benjamin Brain was born in 1753.
Benjamin Banneker in 1753
Benjamin Thompson was born on March 26, 1753.
Benjamin Thompson was born on March 26, 1753.
Benjamin Walker - New York - was born in 1753.
Russian Professor Georg Wilhelm Richmann was electrocuted in St. Petersburg in 1753 while trying to duplicate Benjamin Franklin's experiments with ball lightning.
Benjamin Banneker
One inventor of the lightning rod was Benjamin Franklin. Another was a German priest, Diwisch. Both appear to have made their inventions in the same decade, around 1753. See "Who Really Invented The Lightning Rod?", The Electrical Review, volume 32, 10Feb1893, p.146.
he made the watch in 1753 when he was 22 years old