Bonhomme Richard (other)
Bonhomme Richard or Bon Homme Richard, meaning ''good man Richard'' in French, may refer to: * , several ships of the United States. * ''Les Maximes du Bonhomme Richard'', the French title of '' Poor Richard's Almanack'', for which the ships were named. * A pseudonym of Benjamin Franklin See also * Bonhomme (other) * Richard Richard is a male given name. It originates, via Old French, from Frankish language, Old Frankish and is a Compound (linguistics), compound of the words descending from Proto-Germanic language, Proto-Germanic ''*rīk-'' 'ruler, leader, king' an ...

Poor Richard's Almanack
''Poor Richard's Almanack'' (sometimes ''Almanac'') was a yearly almanac An almanac (also spelled ''almanack'' and ''almanach'') is an annual publication listing a set of current information about one or multiple subjects. It includes information like weather forecasts, farmers' planting dates, tide tables, and othe ... published by Benjamin Franklin, who adopted the pseudonym of "Poor Richard" or "Richard Saunders" for this purpose. The publication appeared continually from 1732 to 1758. It sold exceptionally well for a pamphlet published in the Thirteen Colonies; print runs reached 10,000 per year. Franklin, the American inventor, wikt:statesman, statesman, and accomplished Early American publishers and printers, publisher and printer, achieved success with ''Poor Richard's Almanack''. Almanacks were very popular books in History of the United States (1776–1789)#Declaration of Independence, colonial America, offering a mixture of seasonal weather forecasts, practical hou ...
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Benjamin Franklin
Benjamin Franklin ( April 17, 1790) was an American polymath who was active as a writer, scientist, inventor, statesman, diplomat, printer, publisher, and political philosopher. Encyclopædia Britannica, Wood, 2021 Among the leading intellectuals of his time, Franklin was one of the Founding Fathers of the United States, a drafter and signer of the United States Declaration of Independence, and the first United States Postmaster General. As a scientist, he was a major figure in the American Enlightenment and the history of physics for his studies of electricity, and for charting and naming the current still known as the Gulf Stream. As an inventor, he is known for the lightning rod, bifocals, and the Franklin stove, among others. He founded many civic organizations, including the Library Company, Philadelphia's first fire department, and the University of Pennsylvania. Isaacson, 2004, p. Franklin earned the title of "The First American" for his early and indefa ...
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Bonhomme (other)
Bonhomme, Bon Homme or Bonhommes may refer to: __NOTOC__ Places * Le Bonhomme, a village and commune in the Haut-Rhin département of north-eastern France * Col du Bonhomme, Vosges Mountains, France, a mountain pass * Bonhomme, a community in the city of Chesterfield, Missouri, United States * Bonhomme Township, St. Louis County, Missouri * Bonhomme Creek, Missouri * Bon Homme County, South Dakota, United States Other uses * Bonhomme (surname) * Brothers of Penitence, a religious order also known as the Bonhommes * Bonhomme, a name used for the heretical Albigensian sect's Elect Parfait * Bonhomme, the ambassador of the Quebec City Winter Carnival and Ryerson University Frost Week * "Bonhomme", a song by Georges Brassens, French singer-songwriter and poet See also * Grand Bonhomme, a mountain on the island of Saint Vincent * " Petit bonhomme", the Luxembourgish entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 1962 * Bonhomme Richard (other), several meanings * "Jacques Bonhomme ...
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