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    Poor Richard's Almanack (sometimes Almanac) was a yearly almanac published by Benjamin Franklin, who adopted the pseudonym of "Poor Richard" or "Richard...
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  • Benjamin Franklin, and the book's title is a tribute to Franklin's Poor Richard's Almanack. Net proceeds from sales of the book go to the Munger Research...
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    23. He became wealthy publishing this and Poor Richard's Almanack, which he wrote under the pseudonym "Richard Saunders". After 1767, he was associated...
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  • 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...
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  • and for want of a horse the rider was lost. —Benjamin Franklin Poor Richard's Almanack, preface (1758) Short Variation For want of a nail the shoe was...
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    Almanac (redirect from Almanack)
    annual Poor Richard's Almanack in Philadelphia from 1732 to 1758. Samuel Stearns of Paxton, Massachusetts, issued the North-American Almanack, published...
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    titled Ten Speed. In 2016 she was cast for the USA Network-pilot Poor Richard's Almanack. Lay Over (2013, short film) Ten Speed (2015, short film) "Jordan...
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  • for writing Poor Richard's Almanack, for which the ships have been named, after the French title of the publication. USS Bonhomme Richard (1765), formerly...
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    English in 1340. The proverb was rephrased by Benjamin Franklin in Poor Richard's Almanack in 1736, stating "the rotten apple spoils his companion." The phrase...
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    French as Bonhomme Richard, to honor Founding Father Benjamin Franklin, the American Commissioner at Paris, whose Poor Richard's Almanack had been published...
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  • the heritage of American almanacs such as Benjamin Franklin’s Poor Richard's Almanack. Founded in 1818, the Farmers’ Almanac mixes a blend of long-range...
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  • American Almanack. He was mentioned as a "good friend and fellow student" of Benjamin Franklin in Franklin's rival publication Poor Richard's Almanack. Titan's...
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    the heritage of American almanacs such as Benjamin Franklin’s Poor Richard's Almanack. The first Old Farmer's Almanac (then known as The Farmer's Almanac)...
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  • "USA To Redevelop 'Brooklyn Animal Control' Pilot, Passes On 'Poor Richard's Almanack'". Deadline. Retrieved January 19, 2017. Andreeva, Nellie (May...
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    rendering of the phrase. Benjamin Franklin later used it in his Poor Richard's Almanack (1736) and has been widely quoted. Several passages within the...
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    Caliban" 2015 Hannibal Yes No Episode "The Great Red Dragon" 2016 Poor Richard's Almanack Yes Yes Episode "Pilot" Timeless Yes Yes Episodes "Pilot" and "The...
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    content and eventually competed with Benjamin Franklin's popular Poor Richard's Almanack. The competition between the two men intensified when, during 1733...
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    Author\Organization Action taken 1732 Benjamin Franklin Issuance of Poor Richard's Almanack to promote his printing business 1888 Johnson & Johnson introduced...
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  • American Quaker leader William Penn. Like Benjamin Franklin's Poor Richard's Almanack the work collected the wisdom of pre-Revolutionary America. It...
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  • 2015–16 The Expanse Octavia Muss Recurring role; 7 episodes 2016 Poor Richard's Almanack Penny Richards Unsold television pilot 2017 Mysticons Imani Firewing...
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    In 1774, he founded the "Society for Inoculating the Poor Gratis", in order to help the poor people of Philadelphia afford inoculation. In his autobiography...
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    entire twenty-four pages of the "first impression" of the first Poor Richard's Almanack, taken from a one-of-a-kind copy housed in the Rosenbach Museum...
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    named in French "Good Man Richard" in honor of Founding Father Benjamin Franklin, the publisher of Poor Richard's Almanack who at the time served as U...
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    role (season 1) Full Circle Damon Houserman Main role (season 3) Poor Richard's Almanack Matt TV movie 2017 Criminal Minds Calvin Shaw Recurring role (season...
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    which proposes pedagogy with dramatic or delightful elements. Poor Richard's Almanack demonstrates early implementation of edutainment, with Benjamin...
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  • Almanac (1982–present) Poor Richard's Almanack (1733–1758) Thackers Indian Directory (1864–1960) Wisden Cricketers' Almanack (1864–present) Your Name...
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    in 1758. It is a collection of adages and advice presented in Poor Richard's Almanack during its first 25 years of publication, organized into a speech...
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    (1902). Smith, Benjamin Eli (ed.). Poor Richard's Almanack. New York, The Century Co. —— (1997). Autobiography, Poor Richard, and later writings: letters from...
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    whose Poor Richard's Almanack was published in France under the title Les Maximes du Bonhomme Richard. On 19 June 1779, Bonhomme Richard sailed from...
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    Times in 1925. The author drew a comparison to Benjamin Franklin's Poor Richard's Almanack and detailed its usefulness in teaching typing, writing "for the...
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