<br /><b>With A to Z Classics, discover or rediscover all the classics of literature.<br /><br />Contains Active Table of Contents (HTML)</b><br />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&#39;s death, this work has become one of the most famous and influential examples of an autobiography ever written. Franklin&#39;s account of his life is divided into four parts, reflecting the different periods at which he wrote them.