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Sir Thomas More

Sir Thomas MoreBorn: 7-Feb-1477
Birthplace: London, England
Died: 6-Jul-1535
Location of death: London, England
Cause of death: Execution
Remains: Buried, Tower of London, London, England

Gender: Male
Religion: Roman Catholic
Race or Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Philosopher, Government

Nationality: England
Executive summary: Utopia

Father: John More (lawyer, knighted)
Wife: Joan Colt (m. 1504/5, d. 1511 childbirth, four children)
Daughter: Margaret (m. William Roper)
Wife: Alice Middleton (widow, m. 1511)

    High School: St. Anthony's, Threadneedle Street, London
    University: Oxford University

    UK Member of Parliament (1523-)
    Honourable Society of Lincoln's Inn
    Bribery 1533 (dismissed, lack of evidence)
    Treason
    Inmate: Tower of London (17-Apr-1534 to 6-Jul-1535)
    Beheaded
    Beatified 1886
    Canonization 19-May-1935

Is the subject of books:
Thomas More: A Biography, 1984, BY: Richard Marius
The Life of Thomas More, 1999, BY: Peter Ackroyd

Author of books:
Utopia (1516)
History of King Richard III (1518)
Responsio ad Lutherum (1523)
A Dialogue Concerning Heresies
The Confutation of Tyndale's Answer (1532-33)
Apology (1533)
Debellacyon (1533)
A Dialogue of Comfort against Tribulation


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