Italian physician, winemaker, philosopher, diplomat and author
Filippo Mazzei (Italian pronunciation: [matˈtsei]), sometimes erroneously cited as Philip Mazzie (December 25, 1730 – March 19, 1816) was an Italian physician, philosopher, diplomat, winemaker, merchant, and author. A close friend of Thomas Jefferson, he was a strong supporter of the American Revolution and the American colonies' war for independence from Britain. . In 1774 he published a pamphlet containing the phrase, which Jefferson incorporated essentially intact into the United States Declaration of Independence: "All men are by nature equally free and independent".
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Filippo Mazzei (Italian pronunciation: [matˈtsei]), sometimes erroneously cited as Philip Mazzie (December 25, 1730 – March 19, 1816) was an Italian physician, philosopher, diplomat, winemaker, merchant, and author. A close friend of Thomas Jefferson, he was a strong supporter of the American Revolution and the American colonies' war for independence from Britain. . In 1774 he published a pamphlet containing the phrase, which Jefferson incorporated essentially intact into the United States Declaration of Independence: "All men are by nature equally free and independent".
