The Church ran the majority of education during that time. Monks and priests served as teachers and scientists, leading discovery and education, but always under the watchful eye of the Vatican.
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I would think it would be Thomas Paine. It was primarily the ideas of Thomas Paine that Jefferson drew upon while drafting the Declaration of Independence, since in "Common Sense" (one of Paine's writings), Paine had explained why independence from Britain was necessary.
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He was an organist for several years
