Elias Ashmole. Antiquary, Alchemist and Freemason. Ashmolean Museum. by Travis Simpkins

Elias Ashmole. Antiquary, Alchemist and Freemason. Ashmolean Museum. by Travis Simpkins

Portrait Sketch of

Elias Ashmole

( 1617 - 1692 )

Antiquary, Politician, Astrologer and Alchemist

First Recorded Speculative Freemason

at Warrington in Lancashire (1646)

Founder of the 

Ashmolean Museum of Art & Archaeology

by Travis Simpkins

Elias Ashmole - Masonic Minute

For more info, please visit:

ashmolean.org

Elias Ashmole. Antiquary, Alchemist and Freemason. Ashmolean Museum. by Travis Simpkins

Benjamin Franklin. Kite Experiment. Freemason. Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania. by Travis Simpkins

Benjamin Franklin. Kite Experiment. Freemason. Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania. by Travis Simpkins

Portrait Sketch of

Benjamin Franklin

(1706 - 1790)

American Polymath

Statesman, Diplomat, Writer, Scientist, Inventor

Printer, Publisher and Political Philosopher

Freemason

Right Worshipful Past Grand Master

Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania

by Travis Simpkins

Benjamin Franklin's Kite Experiment

For more info, please visit:

pagrandlodge.org

 

Benjamin Franklin. Kite Experiment. Freemason. Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania. by Travis Simpkins

Voltaire. French Enlightenment Philosopher. Freemason. by Travis Simpkins

Voltaire. Francois-Marie Arouet. French Enlightenment Philosopher. Freemason. by Travis Simpkins

Portrait Sketch of

Voltaire

Francois-Marie Arouet

( 1694 - 1778 )

French Enlightenment Philosopher

Writer and Historian

Freemason

Initiated in the

Loge des Neuf Soeurs

(Lodge of the Nine Sisters)

Paris, France

April 4, 1778

by Travis Simpkins

 Voltaire

 For more info, please visit:

voltaire.ox.ac.uk

Voltaire. French Enlightenment Philosopher. Freemason. by Travis Simpkins

Alexander Pope. Poet, Translator and Satirist. Freemason. by Travis Simpkins

Alexander Pope. Poet, Translator and Satirist. Freemason. by Travis Simpkins

Portrait Sketch of

Alexander Pope

(1688 - 1744)

English Poet, Translator and Satirist

Freemason

Member of

Old Lodge No. 16

London, England

by Travis Simpkins

Alexander Pope

For more info, please visit:

poetryfoundation.org/alexander-pope

 

Alexander Pope. Poet, Translator and Satirist. Freemason. by Travis Simpkins

Sir Isaac Newton. Alchemy and the Philosopher's Stone. by Travis Simpkins

Sir Isaac Newton. 1643-1727. Physicist, Astronomer, Alchemist, Philosopher. by Travis Simpkins

Portrait Sketch of

Sir Isaac Newton

( 1643 - 1727 )

President of the Royal Society

Mathematician, Astronomer, Physicist

Philosopher and Alchemist

by Travis Simpkins

Sir Isaac Newton - Documentary

For more info, please visit:

newton.ac.uk/isaac-newton

Sir Isaac Newton. by Travis Simpkins. Alchemy and the Philosopher's Stone. Freemasonry

Elias Ashmole. Antiquary, Alchemist and Freemason. Ashmolean Museum. by Travis Simpkins

Elias Ashmole. Antiquary, Alchemist and Freemason. Ashmolean Museum. by Travis Simpkins

Portrait Sketch of

Elias Ashmole

( 1617 - 1692 )

Antiquary, Politician, Astrologer and Alchemist

First Recorded Speculative Freemason

at Warrington in Lancashire (1646)

Founder of the 

Ashmolean Museum of Art & Archaeology

by Travis Simpkins

Elias Ashmole - Masonic Minute

For more info, please visit:

ashmolean.org

Elias Ashmole. Antiquary, Alchemist and Freemason. Ashmolean Museum. by Travis Simpkins

Elias Ashmole. Antiquary, Alchemist and Freemason. Ashmolean Museum. by Travis Simpkins

Elias Ashmole. Antiquary, Alchemist and Freemason. Ashmolean Museum. by Travis Simpkins

Portrait Sketch of

Elias Ashmole

( 1617 - 1692 )

Antiquary, Politician, Astrologer and Alchemist

First Recorded Speculative Freemason

at Warrington in Lancashire (1646)

Founder of the 

Ashmolean Museum of Art & Archaeology

by Travis Simpkins

Elias Ashmole - Masonic Minute

For more info, please visit:

ashmolean.org

Elias Ashmole. Antiquary, Alchemist and Freemason. Ashmolean Museum. by Travis Simpkins

Gotthold Ephraim Lessing. German Philosopher and Dramatist. Freemason. by Travis Simpkins

Gotthold Ephraim Lessing. German Philosopher and Dramatist. Freemason. by Travis Simpkins

Portrait Sketch of

Gotthold Ephraim Lessing

(1729 - 1781)

German Philosopher, Dramatist

Publicist and Art Critic

Freemason

Member of

Lodge Zu den drei Goldenen Rosen

Hamburg, Germany

by Travis Simpkins

Gotthold Ephraim Lessing

For more info, please visit:

britannica.com/Gotthold-Ephraim-Lessing

Gotthold Ephraim Lessing. German Philosopher and Dramatist. Freemason. by Travis Simpkins

 

Gotthold Ephraim Lessing. German Philosopher and Dramatist. Freemason. by Travis Simpkins

Gotthold Ephraim Lessing. German Philosopher and Dramatist. Freemason. by Travis Simpkins

Portrait Sketch of

Gotthold Ephraim Lessing

(1729 - 1781)

German Philosopher, Dramatist

Publicist and Art Critic

Freemason

Member of

Lodge Zu den drei Goldenen Rosen

Hamburg, Germany

by Travis Simpkins

Gotthold Ephraim Lessing

For more info, please visit:

britannica.com/Gotthold-Ephraim-Lessing

Gotthold Ephraim Lessing. German Philosopher and Dramatist. Freemason. by Travis Simpkins

 

Pierre-Simon, Marquis de Laplace. Astronomer. Freemason. Grand Orient de France. by Travis Simpkins

Pierre-Simon, Marquis de Laplace. Astronomer. Mathematician. Freemason. Grand Orient de France. by Travis Simpkins

Portrait Sketch of

Pierre-Simon, Marquis de Laplace

(1749 - 1827)

French Scholar and Polymath

Engineer, Mathematician, Physicist

Astronomer and Philosopher

Freemason

Grand Orient de France

by Travis Simpkins

Pierre-Simon, Marquis de Laplace

For more info, please visit:

britannica.com/Pierre-Simon-marquis-de-Laplace

Pierre-Simon, Marquis de Laplace. Astronomer. Mathematician. Freemason. Grand Orient de France. by Travis Simpkins

 

Voltaire. French Enlightenment Philosopher. Freemason. by Travis Simpkins

Voltaire. Francois-Marie Arouet. French Enlightenment Philosopher. Freemason. by Travis Simpkins

Portrait Sketch of

Voltaire

Francois-Marie Arouet

( 1694 - 1778 )

French Enlightenment Philosopher

Writer and Historian

Freemason

Initiated in the

Loge des Neuf Soeurs

(Lodge of the Nine Sisters)

Paris, France

April 4, 1778

by Travis Simpkins

 Voltaire

 For more info, please visit:

voltaire.ox.ac.uk

Voltaire. French Enlightenment Philosopher. Freemason. by Travis Simpkins

Joseph Jerome de Lalande. Astronomer. Freemason. Grand Orient de France. by Travis Simpkins

Joseph Jerome de Lalande. Astronomer. Freemason. Grand Orient de France. by Travis Simpkins

Portrait Sketch of

Joseph Jerome Lefrancois de Lalande

(1732 - 1807)

Astronomer and Writer

Chair of Astronomy at the College de France

Freemason

Founder of La Loge des Neuf Soeurs

Grand Orient de France

by Travis Simpkins

Joseph Jerome de Lalande

For more info, please visit:

britannica.com/Jerome-Lalande

Joseph Jerome de Lalande. Astronomer. Freemason. Grand Orient de France. by Travis Simpkins

 

The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin

The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin

Enjoying a quiet evening with "The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin" to keep me company.


“Never confuse Motion with Action.” ― Benjamin Franklin, The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin

The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin is the traditional name for the unfinished record of his own life written by Benjamin Franklin from 1771 to 1790; however, Franklin himself appears to have called the work his Memoirs. Although it had a tortuous publication history after Franklin's death, this work has become one of the most famous and influential examples of an autobiography ever written.

Franklin's account of his life is divided into four parts, reflecting the different periods at which he wrote them. There are actual breaks in the narrative between the first three parts, but Part Three's narrative continues into Part Four without an authorial break.

In the "Introduction" of the 1916 publication of the Autobiography, editor F. W. Pine wrote that Franklin's biography provided the "most remarkable of all the remarkable histories of our self-made men" with Franklin as the greatest exemplar.

Voltaire. French Enlightenment Philosopher. Freemason. by Travis Simpkins

Voltaire. Francois-Marie Arouet. French Enlightenment Philosopher. Freemason. by Travis Simpkins

Portrait Sketch of

Voltaire

Francois-Marie Arouet

( 1694 - 1778 )

French Enlightenment Philosopher

Writer and Historian

Freemason

Initiated in the

Loge des Neuf Soeurs

(Lodge of the Nine Sisters)

Paris, France

April 4, 1778

by Travis Simpkins

 Voltaire

 For more info, please visit:

voltaire.ox.ac.uk

Voltaire. French Enlightenment Philosopher. Freemason. by Travis Simpkins

Pierre-Simon, Marquis de Laplace. Astronomer. Freemason. Grand Orient de France. by Travis Simpkins

Pierre-Simon, Marquis de Laplace. Astronomer. Mathematician. Freemason. Grand Orient de France. by Travis Simpkins

Portrait Sketch of

Pierre-Simon, Marquis de Laplace

(1749 - 1827)

French Scholar and Polymath

Engineer, Mathematician, Physicist

Astronomer and Philosopher

Freemason

Grand Orient de France

by Travis Simpkins

Pierre-Simon, Marquis de Laplace

For more info, please visit:

britannica.com/Pierre-Simon-marquis-de-Laplace

Pierre-Simon, Marquis de Laplace. Astronomer. Mathematician. Freemason. Grand Orient de France. by Travis Simpkins

 

Joseph Jerome de Lalande. Astronomer. Freemason. Grand Orient de France. by Travis Simpkins

Joseph Jerome de Lalande. Astronomer. Freemason. Grand Orient de France. by Travis Simpkins

Portrait Sketch of

Joseph Jerome Lefrancois de Lalande

(1732 - 1807)

Astronomer and Writer

Chair of Astronomy at the College de France

Freemason

Founder of La Loge des Neuf Soeurs

Grand Orient de France

by Travis Simpkins

Joseph Jerome de Lalande

For more info, please visit:

britannica.com/Jerome-Lalande

Joseph Jerome de Lalande. Astronomer. Freemason. Grand Orient de France. by Travis Simpkins

 

Francis Bacon. Rosicrucianism, Freemasonry and New Atlantis. by Travis Simpkins

Francis Bacon. 1561-1626. Philosopher, Scientist. Rosicrucianism, Freemasonry. by Travis Simpkins

Portrait Sketch of

Francis Bacon

( 1561 - 1626 )

1st Viscount St. Alban

Philosopher, Statesman, Scientist

Author of "New Atlantis"

Influence on 

Rosicrucianism and Freemasonry

by Travis Simpkins

Francis Bacon's Influence - Documentary

For more info, please visit:

rosicrucian.org

Francis Bacon. by Travis Simpkins. Rosicrucianism, Freemasonry and New Atlantis

Elias Ashmole. Antiquary, Alchemist and Freemason. Ashmolean Museum. by Travis Simpkins

Elias Ashmole. Antiquary, Alchemist and Freemason. Ashmolean Museum. by Travis Simpkins

Portrait Sketch of

Elias Ashmole

( 1617 - 1692 )

Antiquary, Politician, Astrologer and Alchemist

First Recorded Speculative Freemason

at Warrington in Lancashire (1646)

Founder of the 

Ashmolean Museum of Art & Archaeology

by Travis Simpkins

Elias Ashmole - Masonic Minute

For more info, please visit:

ashmolean.org

Elias Ashmole. Antiquary, Alchemist and Freemason. Ashmolean Museum. by Travis Simpkins

R.W. Benjamin Franklin. Past Grand Master. Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania. by Travis Simpkins

Benjamin Franklin. Past Grand Master. Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania. by Travis Simpkins

Portrait Sketch of
Right Worshipful

Benjamin Franklin

(1706 - 1790)

American Statesman, Printer, Author

Inventor and Freemason

Past Grand Master
 Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania

St. John's Lodge #1 

Tun Tavern Lodge

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

by Travis Simpkins

History of Freemasonry in Pennsylvania

The Masonic Temple in Philadelphia

For more info, please visit:

pagrandlodge.org
and
pamasonictemple.org

Benjamin Franklin. Past Grand Master. Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania. by Travis Simpkins

Sir Isaac Newton. Alchemy and the Philosopher's Stone. by Travis Simpkins

Sir Isaac Newton. 1643-1727. Physicist, Astronomer, Alchemist, Philosopher. by Travis Simpkins

Portrait Sketch of

Sir Isaac Newton

( 1643 - 1727 )

President of the Royal Society

Mathematician, Astronomer, Physicist

Philosopher and Alchemist

by Travis Simpkins

Sir Isaac Newton - Documentary

For more info, please visit:

newton.ac.uk/isaac-newton

Sir Isaac Newton. by Travis Simpkins. Alchemy and the Philosopher's Stone. Freemasonry