Benjamin Franklin Bache
American journalist, printer and publisher / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Benjamin Franklin Bache (August 12, 1769 – September 10, 1798) was an American journalist, printer and publisher. He founded the Philadelphia Aurora, a newspaper that supported Jeffersonian philosophy. He frequently attacked the Federalist political leaders, including Presidents George Washington and John Adams, and historian Gordon S. Wood wrote that "no editor did more to politicize the press in the 1790s."[1] His paper's heated attacks are thought to have contributed to passage of the Alien and Sedition Acts by the 5th United States Congress and signed by President John Adams in 1798.
Benjamin Franklin Bache | |
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Born | (1769-08-12)August 12, 1769 |
Died | September 10, 1798(1798-09-10) (aged 29) Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
Parent(s) | Richard Bache Sarah Franklin Bache |
Relatives | Benjamin Franklin (maternal grandfather) |
The grandson of Benjamin Franklin, Bache was often referred to as "Lightning Rod Junior" after his famous grandfather's experiment. The son of Sarah Franklin and Richard Bache, he died at 29 in the yellow fever epidemic of 1798.