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Thomas Paine (born Thomas Pain; February 9, 1737 [O.S. January 29, 1736] – June 8, 1809) was an English-born American Founding Father, French Revolutionary, political activist, philosopher, political theorist, and revolutionary.
Jun 4, 2024 · Thomas Paine died in New York City on June 8, 1809, and was buried in New Rochelle. English political journalist William Cobbett later exhumed Paine’s bones and took them to England, hoping to give Paine a funeral worthy of his contributions to humanity.
Nov 9, 2009 · Learn about Thomas Paine, the English-born writer and philosopher who supported American and French revolutions. Find out how he died, what he wrote and why he was imprisoned in France.
Apr 2, 2014 · Best Known For: Thomas Paine was an English American writer and pamphleteer whose "Common Sense" and other writings influenced the American Revolution, and helped pave the way for the...
Thomas Paine died in New York City on June 8, 1809, and was buried in New Rochelle. English political journalist William Cobbett later exhumed Paine’s bones and took them to England, hoping to give Paine a funeral worthy of his contributions to humanity.
Apr 2, 2019 · They dug up the body in the dead of night. Men armed with shovels and pickaxes extracted the coffin and fled into the October darkness. Authorities gave chase until the body snatchers’ wagon raced over King’s Bridge and into Manhattan. Thus began the saga of the remains of Thomas Paine.
Dec 27, 2023 · Thomas Paine (1737-1809) was an Anglo-American Enlightenment thinker whose radical ideas were taken up by revolutionaries in both the American Revolution (1765-1783) and the French Revolution (1789-1799...
