Thomas Jefferson was the author of
the Declaration of
Independence (1776) and the Virginia Statute for Establishing
Religious Freedom (1786), founder of the University of Virginia (1819), governor of Virginia (1779–1781), and third president of the United
States (1801–1809). Born at Shadwell, his parents' estate in Albemarle County, he attended the College of William and Mary and
studied the law under the
tutelage of George Wythe. In
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