Deane značenje | engleski leksikon

(1737-1789) American public leader and diplomat. He served in the Continental Congress 1774–76 and was dispatched to Paris to gain support from the French government during the American Revolution (1775–83), recruiting French soldier Marie Lafayette, among others, for the Continental army. Falsely accused of financial improprieties, Deane was discharged from his post; he was exonerated posthumously by Congress 1842.
Born in Groton, Connecticut, US, Deane was educated at Yale University and admitted to the bar 1761. A supporter of American independence, he served in the colonial legislature 1772, on the Connecticut Committee of Correspondence 1773.