"Never put off till tomorrow what you can do today." Thomas Jefferson
Born: 13 April, 1743, Shadwell, Virginia
Died: 4 July, 1826, Charlottesville, Virginia, aged 83
Nationality: American
Education: Classical education - mathematics, metaphysics, and philosophy
Law - admitted to Bar 1767
Interests:
Studying classics, violin, Republicanism, avid reader, architect,
designer, university curriculum writer, author, inventor,
horticulturist, palaeontologist, archaeologist and statesman, wine
lover and noted gourmet.
Occupation: Lawyer, Planter, author
Politics: Democrat-Republican
Achievements: Third
President United States (1801-1809), wartime Governor of Virginia
(1779-1781), first United States Secretary of State (1789-1793) and
second Vice President (1797-1801), principal author of the Declaration
of Independence (1776)
Spouse: Married Martha Wayles Skelton 1772
Children: Six
Religion: Deist
Alma mater: William and Mary
Comment: Jefferson was nicknamed "Man of the People".
Surely this Thomas Jefferson liberty quote is his most famous:
1776 July 4.
"We hold these truths to be self-evident,
that all men are created equal, that they
are endowed by their Creator with certain
unalienable Rights, that among these are
Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of Happiness."
Declaration of Independence
- Thomas Jefferson
