Thomas Paine

American political activist (1737–1809)

• Born: 1737-02-09 (Thetford)
• Died: 1809-06-08 (Greenwich Village)
• Country of citizenship: France (period: 1792-08-26 through 1802-01-01); Great Britain (period: 1787-01-01 through 1776-01-01); Kingdom of France (period: 1790-01-01 through 1791-01-01, 1791-01-01 through 1792-01-01); United States of America (period: 1776-01-01 through 1787-01-01)
• Occupation: entrepreneur; journalist; opinion journalist; philosopher; politician; prosaist; writer
• Member of: American Philosophical Society; Pennsylvania Abolition Society
• Position held: member of the French National Assembly (electoral district: Pas-de-Calais; period: 1792-09-06 through 1795-10-26)
• Educated at: Thetford Grammar School
• Spouse: Elizabeth Ollive; Mary Lambert
• VIAF ID: https://viaf.org/viaf/4934659
• ISNI: https://isni.org/isni/0000000108643658
• WorldCat Identities ID: https://worldcat.org/identities/lccn-n79021666
• Library of Congress authority ID: https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79021666