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Thomas Paine
AuthorBooks · Second hand1737-1809
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.
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About Thomas Paine
Birth
1737
Death
1809
First book
1776
Years writing
250
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.
Thomas Paine was born in Thetford in 1737 and became a key figure as a Founding Father of the United States.
His work Common Sense was fundamental in articulating the political ideas that drove American independence.
Throughout his life, Paine held citizenship in three different nations: Great Britain, France, and the United States.
As a prolific writer and journalist, he published hundreds of works exploring political science and government.
His most influential texts, such as The Age of Reason and Rights of Man, remain pillars of modern political thought.
