USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -His father, Apollos Rivoire, a French Huguenot who came to Boston at the age of 13, was apprenticed to the silversmith John Coney. By the time he married Deborah Hitchborn, a member of a long-standing Boston family that owned a small shipping wharf, in 1729, Rivoire had anglicized his name to Paul Revere.

Detailed explanation-2: -In addition to making silver objects, Paul Revere’s work as an engraver also played an important and lucrative role in shop operations. At his customer’s request, Revere engraved decorations on the silver such as monograms or family crests, for which he charged extra.

Detailed explanation-3: -The young Revere was educated in reading and writing in school before completing his training as an apprentice to his silversmith father. At age 19, Revere inherited the business upon his father’s death.

Detailed explanation-4: -A silversmith by trade, he sometimes worked as an amateur dentist. Revere used his skills as a craftsman to wire dentures made of walrus ivory or animal teeth into his patients’ mouths.

Detailed explanation-5: -Paul Revere was an American silversmith and a patriot in the American Revolution. He is most famous for alerting Colonial militia of British invasion before the Battles of Lexington and Concord.