<P> Paul Revere ( / rɪˈvɪər / ; December 21 , 1734 O.S. -- May 10 , 1818 ) was an American silversmith , engraver , early industrialist , and Patriot in the American Revolution . He is best known for his midnight ride to alert the colonial militia in April 1775 to the approach of British forces before the battles of Lexington and Concord , as dramatized in Henry Wadsworth Longfellow 's poem , `` Paul Revere 's Ride '' ( 1861 ) . </P>
<P> Paul Revere ( / rɪˈvɪər / ; December 21 , 1734 O.S. -- May 10 , 1818 ) was an American silversmith , engraver , early industrialist , and Patriot in the American Revolution . He is best known for his midnight ride to alert the colonial militia in April 1775 to the approach of British forces before the battles of Lexington and Concord , as dramatized in Henry Wadsworth Longfellow 's poem , `` Paul Revere 's Ride '' ( 1861 ) . </P>
who warned the colonists that the british were coming
who warned the colonists that the british were coming
Paul Revere
Paul Revere