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Thomas Paine

American Founding Father, philosopher, and political activist (1737–1809)

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Thomas Paine was a male philosopher, politician, writer, and entrepreneur born in Thetford on 9 February 1737. He held citizenship in the Kingdom of Great Britain, the United States, and France. Paine served as a member of the French National Assembly and worked in Paris. He was a member of the American Philosophical Society and the Pennsylvania Abolition Society. His notable works include *Common Sense*, *The Age of Reason*, and *Rights of Man*.

Paine practiced deism and spoke French and English. He died in Greenwich Village on 8 June 1809 and was buried in New Rochelle. His writings have been described by sources such as the *Encyclopædia Britannica* 11th edition and the *Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary*. He is referenced by 2,601 other encyclopedia articles.

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Born: 9 February 1737
Died: 8 June 1809
Works: 873

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Lettre de Thomas Paine sur les cultes
Common Sense
Letter from Thomas Paine to George Washington, President of the United States
The age of reason
Prospects on the rubicon, or, An investigation into the causes and consequences of the politics to be agitated at the meeting of Parliament

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Instance of: human
Given name: Thomas
Gender: male
Citizenship: United States
Place of birth: Thetford
Place of death: Greenwich Village
Occupation: opinion journalist
Position held: member of the French National Assembly
Languages spoken: English language
Religion: deism
Notable work: Rights of Man
Image: Thomas Paine rev1.jpg
Work location: Paris

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Commons category: Thomas Paine
date of birth: 1737-01-29
date of death: 1809-06-08
topic's main category: Category:Thomas Paine
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member of: Pennsylvania Abolition Society
birth name: Thomas Paine
place of burial: New Rochelle
writing language: English language
Commons Creator page: Thomas Paine
different from: Thomas O. Paine
ethnic group: English people
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Works in European collections

23 objects attributed to Thomas Paine, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana

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Encyclopedic overview

Thomas Paine (born Thomas Pain, February 9, 1737 [O.S. January 29, 1736] – June 8, 1809; /ˈtɒməs ˈpeɪn/) 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.

Born in Thetford, Norfolk, Paine immigrated to the British American colonies in 1774 with the help of Benjamin Franklin, arriving in time to participate in the American Revolution. Virtually every American Patriot read his 47-page pamphlet Common Sense, which catalyzed the call for independence from Great Britain. He followed that breakthrough with the pro-independence American Crisis pamphlet series. Paine returned to Britain in 1787 and wrote Rights of Man (1791) to rebut critics of the French Revolution, particularly the Anglo-Irish conservative writer Edmund Burke. His authorship of the tract led to a trial and conviction in absentia in England in 1792 for the crime of seditious libel.

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Thomas Paine