We here in Philadelphia are extremely proud of Franklin. The kite with key and bolt are used as an emblem everywhere. However, if you listen to the lectures at the Franklin Institute, they stress the experiment as rather minor. Franklin was a great man and we have plenty of other things to be proud of him for.
My guess is that he wasn’t arrogant enough to name his discovery after himself, which says more about those who did than Franklin himself.
As Bonzer notes, units named after scientists are usually named by other, later scientists.
But even so, it still wouldn’t be an electrical unit named after Franklin – wait, yes, yes it would.
Indeed. In Philadelphia alone he’s got a major bridge, a major road, a major museum, at least one school, a large shopping mall and a college football stadium. Which personally I think is appropriate, because while he was a decent scientist, Franklin certainly wasn’t an expert in anything, but rather a dabbler. He did a bit of this and some of that and tried out this other thing. He was pretty good at most of them, but it’s not as if he dedicated his life to the study of electricity.
Lack of arrogance was not Franklin’s problem. If you read his writings, particularly his autobiography, it becomes pretty clear that he very much was aware of just how awesome he was.
Because he had a stove named after him. Only one per customer.
This is my understanding, as well.