(from Constitution Center dot-org's blog):
He was born on April 13, 1743, in Virginia and died on July 4, 1826 on the 50th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence.
Jefferson is best known for his role in writing the Declaration of Independence, his foreign service, his two terms as president, and his omnipresent face on the modern nickel.
The well-rounded Jefferson was also a Renaissance man who was intellectually curious about many things.
Here is an interesting fact about Jefferson’s pursuit of knowledge:
1. Thomas Jefferson really, really liked books. The third president, after his retirement, sold his library of 6,500 volumes to the Library of Congress after it was ransacked by the British. Jefferson needed the cash to pay off debts, but he started buying more books. “I cannot live without books,” he told John Adams.
http://blog.constitutioncenter.org/2015/04/10-facts-about-thomas-jefferson-for-his-270th-birthday/
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