Ben Franklin FRS (Fellow of the Royal Society of London: judged to have made substantial contribution to the improvement of natural knowledge), FRSA (Fellows of the Royal Society of Arts judged to demonstrate achievement or potential related to the arts, manufactures & commerce: 29,000 total since 1754), FRSE (Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh judges to be eminently distinguished with contribution in science and letters), FAAM (Free and Accepted Mason).