Thomas More

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Catholic martyr English person Lord Chancellor of England Renaissance humanist author human lawyer saint statesman

Thomas More was an English Renaissance humanist, lawyer, statesman, and author best known for his work "Utopia" and his principled opposition to King Henry VIII’s break with the Catholic Church.

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Label Occurrences
Thomas More canonical 29
Sir Thomas More 4
Portrait of Thomas More 1

Statements (76)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Catholic martyr ⓘ
English person ⓘ
Lord Chancellor of England ⓘ
Renaissance humanist ⓘ
author ⓘ
human ⓘ
lawyer ⓘ
saint ⓘ
statesman ⓘ
associatedWith Desiderius Erasmus ⓘ
Henry VIII of England ⓘ
birthDate 1478-02-07 ⓘ
birthPlace Kingdom of England ⓘ
London, England ⓘ
surface form: London
burialPlace Tower of London ⓘ
surface form: Tower of London (remains historically associated)
canonizationDate 1935-05-19 ⓘ
canonizationStatus canonized saint of the Catholic Church ⓘ
canonizedBy Pope Pius XI ⓘ
causeOfDeath execution by beheading ⓘ
child Cecily More ⓘ
Elizabeth More ⓘ
John More the younger ⓘ
Margaret Roper ⓘ
correspondent Desiderius Erasmus ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of England ⓘ
deathDate 1535-07-06 ⓘ
deathPlace Kingdom of England ⓘ
London, England ⓘ
surface form: London

Tower Hill ⓘ
educatedAt Lincoln's Inn ⓘ
University of Oxford ⓘ
era Renaissance ⓘ
familyName More ⓘ
feastDay July 6 ⓘ
June 22 ⓘ
fullName Thomas More self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Sir Thomas More
genre political philosophy ⓘ
satire ⓘ
utopian literature ⓘ
givenName Thomas ⓘ
honor declared one of the patron saints of statesmen and politicians by Pope John Paul II ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName English ⓘ
Latin ⓘ
monarchServed Henry VIII of England ⓘ
movement Christian humanism ⓘ
notableWork Utopia ⓘ
occupation author ⓘ
judge ⓘ
lawyer ⓘ
philosopher ⓘ
statesman ⓘ
theologian ⓘ
opposed Henry VIII's annulment of his marriage to Catherine of Aragon ⓘ
Reformation ⓘ
surface form: Protestant Reformation in England
patronage lawyers ⓘ
politicians ⓘ
statesmen ⓘ
portrayedIn A Man for All Seasons ⓘ
positionHeld Lord Chancellor of England ⓘ
Speaker of the House of Commons ⓘ
surface form: Speaker of the House of Commons of England

Sheriff of the City of London ⓘ
surface form: Under-Sheriff of London
predecessor Cardinal Thomas Wolsey ⓘ
reasonForExecution refusal to acknowledge Henry VIII as Supreme Head of the Church of England ⓘ
refusedTo swear the Oath of Supremacy ⓘ
religion Roman Catholicism ⓘ
surface form: Catholicism
spouse Alice Middleton ⓘ
Jane Colt ⓘ
studentOf William Waynflete ⓘ
surface form: John Morton
subjectOf biography "The Life of Sir Thomas More" by William Roper ⓘ
successor Thomas Audley ⓘ
veneratedIn Anglican Communion ⓘ
Roman Catholicism ⓘ
surface form: Catholic Church
work A Dialogue Concerning Heresies ⓘ
Dialogue of Comfort against Tribulation ⓘ
Thomas More's History of King Richard III ⓘ
surface form: History of King Richard III

Utopia ⓘ

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Desiderius Erasmus → influenced → Thomas More ⓘ
Desiderius Erasmus → correspondedWith → Thomas More ⓘ
Act of Supremacy 1534 → opposedBy → Thomas More ⓘ
English Reformation Parliament era → keyFigure → Thomas More ⓘ
English Renaissance → hasNotableFigure → Thomas More ⓘ
Renaissance Latin → usedBy → Thomas More ⓘ
William Tyndale → opposedBy → Thomas More ⓘ
Hans Holbein the Younger → notableWork → Thomas More ⓘ
this entity surface form: Portrait of Thomas More
Thomas More's History of King Richard III → author → Thomas More ⓘ
Supreme Head of the Church of England → opposedBy → Thomas More ⓘ
In Praise of Folly → dedicatedTo → Thomas More ⓘ
In Praise of Folly → titlePunOn → Thomas More ⓘ
Thomas More → fullName → Thomas More self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sir Thomas More
Paul Scofield → role → Thomas More ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sir Thomas More in "A Man for All Seasons"
Moriae Encomium → dedicatedTo → Thomas More ⓘ
Moriae Encomium → titlePunOn → Thomas More ⓘ
John Colet → influenced → Thomas More ⓘ
Gerrit Gerritszoon → influenced → Thomas More ⓘ
Anton Lesser → notableRole → Thomas More ⓘ
this entity surface form: Thomas More in Wolf Hall
John Donne → relative → Thomas More ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sir Thomas More
A Man for All Seasons → mainSubject → Thomas More ⓘ
Chapel Royal of St Peter ad Vincula → burialPlaceOf → Thomas More ⓘ
Act of Succession 1534 → opposedBy → Thomas More ⓘ
John Fisher → sharesFeastDayWith → Thomas More ⓘ
John Fisher → notableStudentOrAssociate → Thomas More ⓘ
Cardinal Thomas Wolsey → successor → Thomas More ⓘ
subject surface form: Thomas Wolsey
Thomas Cromwell → opponent → Thomas More ⓘ
Christian humanism → associatedWith → Thomas More ⓘ
Utopia → author → Thomas More ⓘ
Utopia → featuresCharacter → Thomas More ⓘ
this entity surface form: Thomas More (as character)
Kim Dae-jung → baptismalName → Thomas More ⓘ
The Practice of Prelates → relatedPerson → Thomas More ⓘ
Tudor court → notableFigure → Thomas More ⓘ
Chelsea Old Church → associatedWith → Thomas More ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sir Thomas More
Corpus Christi College, Oxford → hasAlumnus → Thomas More ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sir Thomas More
St. Thomas More College → namedAfter → Thomas More ⓘ
St. Thomas More College → patronSaint → Thomas More ⓘ