Thomas Paine, English-American theorist and author (born 1737)

Thomas Paine

American philosopher and author (1737–1809)

Thomas Paine was an English-born American Founding Father, French Revolutionary, inventor, political philosopher, and statesman. He authored Common Sense (1776) and The American Crisis (1776–1783), two of the most influential pamphlets at the start of the American Revolution,…