A mythical beast with the body of a lion, head of a man, and the sting of a scorpion.
In 1753, Ben Franklin won the Copley Medal awarded by the Royal Society of London. The same year, he was also awarded honorary doctorate degrees from a number of prestigious universities, including Yale University in New Haven, Conn., and Harvard University in Cambridge, Mass. In 1759, the University of St. Andrews in Scotland awarded him an honorary Doctor of Laws degree.
Geoffrey Chaucer was an English poet, alchemist and philosopher from 14th century, who was called "the Father of English literature". Some of his most famous works include "The House of Fame" and " the Legend of Good Women".
