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Thomas Paine
American philosopher and author (1737–1809)
For other people with the same name, see Thomas Paine (disambiguation).
Thomas Paine (born Thomas Pain;[1] February 9, 1737 [O.S. January 29, 1736][Note 1] – June 8, 1809) was an English-born American Founding Father, French Revolutionary, inventor, and political philosopher.[2][3] He authored Common Sense (1776) and The American Crisis (1776–1783), two of the most influential pamphlets at the start of the American Revolution, and he helped to inspire the colonial erapatriots in 1776 to declare independence from Great Britain.[4] His ideas reflected Enlightenment-era ideals of human rights.[5]
Paine was born in Thetford, Norfolk, and immigrated to the British American colonies in 1774 with the help of Benjamin Franklin, arriving just in time to participate in the American Revolution. Virtually every American Patriot read his 47-page pamphlet Common Sense,[6][7] which catalyzed the call for independence from Great Britain
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Thomas O. Paine
NASA administrator (1921-1992)
Thomas O. Paine | |
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| In office March 21, 1969 – September 15, 1970 Acting: October 6, 1968 – March 21, 1969 | |
| President | Lyndon Johnson Richard Nixon |
| Preceded by | James E. Webb |
| Succeeded by | James C. Fletcher |
| Born | Thomas Otten Paine (1921-11-09)November 9, 1921 Berkeley, California, U.S. |
| Died | May 4, 1992(1992-05-04) (aged 70) Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
| Spouse | Barbara Taunton Pearse |
| Children | 4 |
| Alma mater | Brown University (A.B.) Stanford University (M.S., PhD) |
| Allegiance | United States |
| Branch/service | United States Navy |
| Battles/wars | World War II |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Metallurgy |
| Institutions | |
| Thesis | The effect of a molten lead-bismuth eutectic alloy on steel (1949) |
Thomas Otten Paine (November 9, 1921 – May 4, 1992) was an American engineer, scientist and advocate of space exploration, and was the third Administrator of NASA, serving from March 21, 1969, to September 15, 1970.
During his administration at NASA, the f
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THOMAS PAINE
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THOMAS PAINEAUTHOR OF COMMON SENSE AND
THE AMERICAN CRISIS. 1784 NYS
GAVE HIM A FARM ON THIS SITE
SEIZED FROM A LOYALIST.
PAINE BURIED HERE UNTIL 1819.
WILLIAM G. POMEROY FOUNDATION 2018
English-born Thomas Paine was a prolific writer. His publication Common Sense was a strong defense of American independence and, some say, helped inspire the Declaration of Independence. However, by 1784 he was destitute. The New York legislature granted him land because of his financial state and “…for the eminent services rendered by him to the United States of America”. This site is the remaining portion of about 300 acres of farmland. Paine lived in the cottage until 1806 and, after his death in 1809, was buried on the property. In 1819, his body was disinterred and taken to England; its whereabouts today are unknown.
The Thomas Paine Cottage Museum website explains that a grateful State of NY presented Paine 277 acres of farmland located in New Rochelle, NY on June 16, 1784. Confiscated from Revolutionary War Loyalist Frederick Davoue, it was
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