How Thomas Jefferson Became a Genius American Figure

10/19/2016

Thomas Jefferson has been referred to as a genius since he penned the Declaration of Independence in 1776. Over the following few decades of his life, he transitioned from revolutionary to diplomat to politician to educator. Harvard Law School Professor Annette Gordon-Reed has devoted much of her career to studying Jefferson's career, and how he unlocked the genius within himself as well as the nation he helped found.