The Rights of Man · Character
Thomas Rickman
Friend and publisher of Paine, mentioned in endnotes.
minor
Also known as Rickman, Thomas "Clio" Rickman
First appearance: endnotes
Thomas Rickman's tie to Edmund Burke is one of the pressures that moves The Rights of Man—worth meeting in the text, not only on a cast list.
Paine's friend and radical publisher; Paine stayed at his home at No.
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With Edmund Burke (professional): Burke interacted frequently with Rickman, likely as a political associate or publisher contact during the pamphlet wars of the 1790s. With Thomas Paine (friendship): Paine and Rickman…
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- Professional
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- Paine's Revolutionary Allies
- Protagonist
- Historical and Political References
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- Edmund Burke
professional · ambivalent
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- Thomas Paine
friendship · positive
- Count de Broglie
social · ambivalent
- King John
professional · ambivalent
- King John
professional · ambivalent
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