1809
Thomas Paine, English-American theorist and author (born 1737)
Thomas Paine, English-American theorist and author (born 1737)
Thomas Paine, English-American theorist and author (born 1737)
Thomas Paine
American philosopher and author (1737–1809)
- Died
- 1809
Thomas Paine was an English-born American Founding Father, inventor, political philosopher, and statesman. His pamphlets Common Sense (1776) and The American Crisis (1776–1783) framed the Patriot argument for independence from Great Britain at the outset of the American Revolution. Paine advanced Enlightenment-era arguments for human rights that shaped revolutionary discourse on both sides of the Atlantic.