Benjamin Franklin could also be considered a late bloomer, although he had done so much in his early life too and has many success stories. Throughout his years he continued to expand on his genius. He was 46 years old when he experimented with electricity using his kite. At 47, he won the Copley Award, an early version of the Nobel Prize. When he was 47 to 49 years old, he invented bifocals, the catheter, and the Franklin Stove. He was elected to the Continental Congress at age 69. At 70 he signed the Declaration of Independence, making him the oldest signer. When he was 77 years old, he negotiated the Treaty of Paris, which put an end to the Revolutionary War. At 81, he signed the U.S.Constitution. Henry Ford introduced the Model T automobile when he was 45 years old. At the age of 60, he created the first car assembly line. Charles Darwin wrote the Origins of Species whe he was 50 years old through his years of observing nature.
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