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Paul Revere

United States military officer and silversmith
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about January 1, 1735, Boston, Massachusetts [U.S.]
Died:
May 10, 1818, Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.

Paul Revere (born about January 1, 1735, Boston, Massachusetts [U.S.]—died May 10, 1818, Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.) was a folk hero of the American Revolution whose dramatic horseback ride on the night of April 18, 1775, warning Boston-area residents that the British were coming, was immortalized in a ballad by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. His father, Apollos Rivoire (later changed to Revere), was a Huguenot refugee who had come to Boston as a child and had been apprenticed to a silversmith. This craft he taught his son Paul Revere, who became one of America’s greatest artists in silver. As a boy Revere ...(100 of 599 words)

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