Thomas “Clio” Rickman, Poet, Bookseller And Radical Publisher 

Thomas Paine Society UK, TPUK 1992 Number 1 Volume 2

In 1792, Rickman met Thomas Paine with whom he had frequently corresponded. They soon became firm friends and Paine benefited from Rickman’s knowledge of languages and classical education. Paine lived with Rickman and his second wife and whilst there he completed the second part of Rights of Man.

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