Thomas Paine Birthday, Real Name, Age, Weight, Height, Family, Facts, Death Cause, Contact Details, Wife, Affairs, Bio & More
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PERSONAL INFORMATION
REAL NAME
Thomas Pain
BIRTHDAY
BORN ON DAY
Saturday
BIRTHPLACE
Thetford, England, United Kingdom
DIED AT AGE
72 Years 3 Months 27 Days
DEATHDATE
June 8, 1809
DEATHPLACE
Greenwich Village, Lower Manhattan, New York City, United States of America
CAUSE OF DEATH
Natural Causes
NATIONALITY
PROFESSION
ZODIAC
AQUARIUS
ALSO NOTED FOR
Political Activist, Philosopher, Political Theorist, Revolutionary
Physical Stats
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Thomas Paine Family Members
Thomas Paine Marriage, Affairs and Children
SPOUSE
Elizabeth Ollive (1771-1774)
Fame & Address
DEBUT
FAMOUS FROM/AS
Common Sense (1776), Rights of Man (1791)
Education, Net Worth & More
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About Thomas Paine
Thomas Paine was the person whose ideas led to the Ameican Revolution to declare independence from Britain.
Career of Thomas Paine
He wrote a pamphlet like Common Sense and Rights of Man. He wrote "The American Crisis" which was a pro-revolutionary pamphlet series. He wrote "The Age of Reason" when he was imprisoned.
Some Lesser Known Facts About Thomas Paine
- Did Thomas Paine takes alcohol? NA.
- Was Thomas Paine in the habit of Smoking? NA.
- He entered America on the recommendation of Ben Franklin. It was Franklin who motivated Paine to migrate to American colonies.
- He worked for a small period of time. He was appointed as the organization's Secretary to the Committee of Foreign Affairs. But his revolutionary ideas always created a problem for him. He publicly mentioned top-secret negotiations with the French.
- He was also an inventor. He designed a unique kind of bridge and also a smokeless candle.
- His book "Right of Man" which supported the French Revolution. It was against British Government that's why authority arrested many printers sold "The Rights of Man" in Great Britain.
- His book "Common Sense" is known as the bestselling book in the history of American publishing. The book was sold more than 100000 copies.
- Paine was the first person who had used the phrase "The United States of America".
- He had written his book "The Age of Reason" in the prison without any proper aids. He didn't have a copy of the Bible there.
- Paine was able to escape just one day before his execution. He was arrested in France as an Englishman who was at war with France at that time. However, he argued that he was a citizen of US. He was sick the day before his execution and guard agreed to let the door open to allow the fresh air in the cell. Every day a jailer come and mark on the doors who are condemned to die. Though the door was
open he marked on inside, due to this the door of his cell remained open and he successfully escaped from there.
- This is really strange that the funeral of a legend was attended by only six people. As that time he was thought an atheist, therefore, nobody wanted to attend his funeral.
- Until today no one knows that where his bones lie. As there are several rumors, some people say his bones were removed from his grave and returned to England.
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