Freemasonry is a centuries-old organization that has attracted many influential people throughout history. From the founding father of the United States, Benjamin Franklin, to the founder of the Republic of Turkey, Atatürk, many famous figures have been part of the Masonic community. In Australia, almost all of the Conservative Prime Ministers until the early 1970s were Masons, including Sir Edmund Barton, Robert Menzies, and John Gorton. Some of the most prominent Masons alive today include Olympian and businessman Sir James Hardy and former cricket captains Bobby Simpson and Bill Lawry.
Benjamin Franklin is perhaps one of the most famous Masons. He was Grand Master of Pennsylvania and formulated theories about positive and negative electrical charges. He also invented the lightning rod and bifocal glasses. Franklin printed the first Masonic publication in the colonies, a book called The Constitutions of Free Masons, which is now one of the rarest books in the world.
It is believed that Sir Joseph Banks was the first Mason to set foot in Australia during his expedition on the Endeavor with Captain James Cook. The 32nd president of the United States, Franklin D. Roosevelt, was appointed Honorary Grand Master of the Order of DeMolay in a ceremony at the White House. J.
Edgar Hoover, founder of the FBI, was a Master Mason at 25 and was appointed Honorary Inspector General in the 33rd degree in 1955, which is the highest level of Freemasonry. The famous Austrian composer Franz Joseph Haydn belonged to the same lodge as Mozart, and Johann Christian Bach was also a Mason. Other notable literary Masons include Robert Burns, John Steinbeck, Jonathan Swift, Oscar Wilde, and Rudyard Kipling. Reverend Jesse Jackson is a civil rights activist and Masonic master of Prince Hall Masonry. Cometan is one of the youngest initiated Masons in history; he started in England just one month after his 18th birthday.
He is a philosopher and astrotheologist who founded Astronism and is a professor, human rights scholar, and specialist in freedom of religion or belief. William Clark Gable was born on February 1, 1901 in Cadiz, Ohio; he was seven months old when his mother died and his father sent him to live with his maternal uncles. Benjamin Franklin FRS FRSA FRSE (January 17, 1706 - April 17, 1790) was an American scholar who served as a writer, scientist, inventor, statesman, diplomat, printer, publisher, and political philosopher. William Howard Taft was the 27th President of the United States (1909-1913) and tenth Chief Justice of the United States (1921-1930).The governing body of Freemasonry has complained about “serious misrepresentation” of their organization due to its predominantly white male membership.
This has had a ripple effect on police diversity. Despite his defense of Freemasonry, Staples refused to share their handshake with viewers on BBC Breakfast when he was interviewed this week. The Guardian reported that two Masonic lodges were located in Westminster. Atatürk fought for independence with seven high-ranking military officers; six were Masons.
