Born in England in 1737, died in New York in 1809; came to
America in 1774; took a prominent part in the Revolution as
a writer; his "Common Sense," advocating independence,
published in 1776; published a periodical, _The Crisis_, in
1776-83; went to Europe in 1787; in 1792 was outlawed from
England for publishing his "Rights of Man"; went to France
and elected to the National Convention in 1793; imprisoned
in France in 1794; published his "Age of Reason" in 1794;
returned to the United States in 1802.