<h2>Thomas Jefferson was a remarkable man who began his learning very early in life and never stopped.</h2>
<p>At 5, he began studying under his cousins' tutor.</p>
<p>At 9, he studied Latin, Greek and French.</p>
<p>At 14, he studied classical literature and additional languages.</p>
<p>At 16, he entered the College of William and Mary.</p>
<p>At 19, he studied Law for 5 years, starting under George Wythe.</p>
<p>At 23, he started his own law practice.</p>
<p>At 25, he was elected to the Virginia House of Burgesses.</p>
<p>At 31, he wrote the widely circulated,"Summary View of the Rights of British America," and retired from his law practice.<br /> <br />At 32, he was a Delegate to the Second Continental Congress, where he wrote the seminal document, “Declarationof the Causes and Necessity of Taking up Arms.”</p>
<p>At 33, he wrote the Declaration of Independence.</p>
<p>At 33, he took three years to revise Virginia's legal code,wrote a Public Education bill and a statute for Religious Freedom.</p>
<p>At 36, he was elected the second Governor of Virginia, succeeding Patrick Henry.</p>
<p>At 40, he served in Congress for two years.</p>
<p>At 41, he was the American minister to  France and negotiated commercial treaties with European nations along with Ben Franklin and John Adams.</p>
<p>At 46, he served as the first Secretary of State under George Washington.</p>
<p>At 53, he served as Vice President and was elected president of the American Philosophical Society.</p>
<p>At 55, he drafted the Kentucky Resolutions and became the active head of the Republican Party.</p>
<p>At 57, he was elected the third president of the United States .</p>
<p>At 60, he obtained the Louisiana Purchase, doubling the nation's size.</p>
<p>At 61, he was elected to a second term as President.</p>
<p>At 65, he retired to Monticello .</p>
<p>At 80, he helped President Monroe shape the Monroe Doctrine.</p>
<p>At 81, he almost single-handedly created the University of Virginia and served as its first president.</p>
<p>At 83, he died, on the 50th anniversary of the Signing of the Declaration of Independence, the same day as his lifelong friend, John Adams…100 miles apart. Adams last words were, “ Jefferson lives.”</p>
<p><strong><em>Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826) 3rd President of the United States</em></strong></p>