生於: 1743年4月13日(西洋舊曆為4月2日)，維吉尼亞州的夏德威爾(Shadwell)
死於: 1826年7月4日，維吉尼亞州的蒙提薩羅(Monticello)
美國的第三任總統湯瑪斯傑弗遜(Thomas
Jefferson)最為人所知的身份為獨立宣言的起草人。他擁有多項長才，是建築師、發明家、科學家，而且是收集書本及代表美國歷史的手工藝品的收藏家。他能夠閱讀五種以上語言，而且連續好幾年都是美國駐法外交使節。
Best known as the primary author of the Declaration of Independence, Thomas Jefferson was the third president of the United States. He was a man of many talents--an architect, an inventor, a scientist, and a collector of books and artifacts of American history. He could read more than five languages and was the U.S. minister to France for several years.
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