According to researches, Benjamin Franklin is the inventor of electricity. He is also known as the father of electricity. In the year 1752, Benjamin is said to have performed the famed experimentation of flying a kite during a electrical storm, which resulted in the finding that lightning as well as electricity were connected in some way. The kite test assisted Benjamin set up a connection between lightning and electricity that caused the discovery of the lightning rod.

Benjamin went on to study other development linked to electricity, but many think that he did not really find out its factual nature.