biography
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Tone, (Theobald) Wolfe
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| sex:
| male
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| lived:
| (1763–98)
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| biography:
| Irish nationalist, born in Dublin, Ireland. A Protestant, he studied at Dublin, was called to the bar in 1789, acted as secretary of the Catholic Committee, and helped to organize the Society of United Irishmen (most of whose members were Protestants), who aimed for political freedom for Ireland and the end of British rule. Tone had to flee to the USA and to France (1795). He induced France to invade Ireland on two occasions, and was captured during the second expedition. He was tried in Dublin and condemned to be hanged, but committed suicide. |
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