His gifts were so great and varied that many generations later, John Kennedy, addressing a group of Nobel laureates, said: “Never before was so much talent and knowledge gathered in the White House, except perhaps when Thomas Jefferson dined here in alone.” But Jefferson himself (1743–1826), the third president of the United States of America, wanted to perpetuate in the memory of future generations only three of his achievements: the Declaration of Independence, the Virginia Religious Freedom Act, the University of Virginia. About one of the founding fathers of the United States - man and citizen - says a new book by the famous writer, philosopher, historian, publicist Igor Markovich Efimov.