Thomas Jefferson's Biography

Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826), the third President of the United States, is one of the most important founding father of the American History. He is very well known for writing the Declaration of Independence, a document that had said that America had broke away from Britain and had made its own country. He was very clever, and had many occupations such as philosopher, educator, politician, scientist, architect, inventor, and musician. In his time he was also the leading lecturer for democracy, which had lead him to success.
Thomas Jefferson was born on April 13, 1743 in a very small four room wooden house of Shadwell in Albemarle County, Virginia. His father, Peter Jefferson and his mother, Jane Randolph, were members of two well-known Virginia families. Jefferson was the third of ten children and had moved at the age of two when William Randolph, Mrs. Jefferson's cousin had died. …