Franklin Pierce Rice (1852–1919) was a self-taught printer and publisher who transcribed and printed and preserved vital records from Massachusetts and was a co-founder of the Worcester Society of Antiquity.

He received his elementary education from his mother, and did not enter public school until he was eleven years old.

He turned to writing and publishing the public records of Massachusetts as a profession.

By himself and on his own press he set out to compile, preserve and print the vital records, many from colonial times, from the towns of Worcester County.

The task of compiling and editing of records was continued by the Worcester Society of Antiquity, which was co-founded by Rice in 1875.