Thomas Paine
Thomas "Tom" Paine (February 9, 1737– June 8, 1809) was an author,
pamphleteer, radical, inventor, intellectual, revolutionary, and one of
the Founding Fathers of the United States. He has been called "a
corsetmaker by trade, a journalist by profession, and a propagandist
by inclination.
Born in Thetford, in the English county of Norfolk, Paine emigrated to
the British American colonies in 1774 in time to participate in the
American Revolution. His principal contributions were the powerful,
widely read pamphlet Common Sense (1776), that advocated colonial
America's independence from the Kingdom of Great Britain.
"Common Sense" was so influential that John Adams said, "Without
the pen of the author of 'Common Sense,' the sword of Washington
would have been raised in vain.”
pamphleteer, radical, inventor, intellectual, revolutionary, and one of
the Founding Fathers of the United States. He has been called "a
corsetmaker by trade, a journalist by profession, and a propagandist
by inclination.
Born in Thetford, in the English county of Norfolk, Paine emigrated to
the British American colonies in 1774 in time to participate in the
American Revolution. His principal contributions were the powerful,
widely read pamphlet Common Sense (1776), that advocated colonial
America's independence from the Kingdom of Great Britain.
"Common Sense" was so influential that John Adams said, "Without
the pen of the author of 'Common Sense,' the sword of Washington
would have been raised in vain.”