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[[Image:lighterstill.jpg]] [[Image:Americaawakecatalogimage.jpg|right|frame|<center>Painting by [[James Wyeth]]</center>]]
[[Image:lighterstill.jpg]] [[Image:Americaawakecatalogimage.jpg|right|frame|<center>Painting by [[James Wyeth]]</center>]]
'''Thomas Jefferson''' April 13, 1743 – July 4, 1826. The birth and death of Thomas Jefferson are given using the [[Gregorian calendar]]. However, he was born when Britain and her colonies still used the [[Julian calendar]], so contemporary records record his birth (and on his tombstone]]) as 2 April, 1743. The provisions of the Calendar (New Style) Act 1750, implemented in 1752, altered the official British dating method to the Gregorian calendar with the start of the year on January 1.
'''Thomas Jefferson'''April 13, 1743 – July 4, 1826. The birth and death of Thomas Jefferson are given using the [[Gregorian calendar]]. However, he was born when Britain and her colonies still used the [[Julian calendar]], so contemporary records record his birth (and on his tombstone]]) as 2 April, 1743. The provisions of the Calendar (New Style) Act 1750, implemented in 1752, altered the official British dating method to the Gregorian calendar with the start of the year on January 1.
He was the third President of the United States (1801–1809), the principal author of the [[United States Declaration of Independence|Declaration of Independence]] (1776), and one of the most influential Founding Fathers of the United States for his promotion of the ideals of republicanism in the United States. Major events during his presidency include the Louisiana Purchase (1803) and the [[Lewis and Clark Expedition]] (1804–1806).
He was the third President of the United States (1801–1809), the principal author of the [[United States Declaration of Independence|Declaration of Independence]] (1776), and one of the most influential Founding Fathers of the United States for his promotion of the ideals of republicanism in the United States. Major events during his presidency include the Louisiana Purchase (1803) and the [[Lewis and Clark Expedition]] (1804–1806).
