Thomas More
E110093
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.
All labels observed (6)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Thomas More canonical | 29 |
| Sir Thomas More | 4 |
| Portrait of Thomas More | 1 |
| Sir Thomas More in "A Man for All Seasons" | 1 |
| Thomas More (as character) | 1 |
| Thomas More in Wolf Hall | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T929464 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Thomas More Context triple: [Desiderius Erasmus, influenced, Thomas More]
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A.
Thomas Cranmer
Thomas Cranmer was the first Protestant Archbishop of Canterbury and a leading figure of the English Reformation, best known for shaping the doctrine and liturgy of the Church of England.
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B.
Lancelot Andrewes
Lancelot Andrewes was an influential early 17th-century English bishop, theologian, and scholar renowned for his role in shaping Anglican doctrine and contributing to the King James Bible.
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C.
William Tyndale
William Tyndale was a 16th-century English scholar and Reformation leader best known for translating the Bible into English from the original languages, a work that profoundly shaped later English Bibles and the English language itself.
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D.
Thomas Dudley
Thomas Dudley was a prominent early Puritan leader and multiple-term governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony in 17th-century New England.
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E.
Saint Thomas Becket
Saint Thomas Becket was a 12th-century Archbishop of Canterbury whose conflict with King Henry II over the rights and privileges of the Church led to his martyrdom and subsequent veneration as a major Christian saint.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Thomas More Target entity description: 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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A.
Thomas Cranmer
Thomas Cranmer was the first Protestant Archbishop of Canterbury and a leading figure of the English Reformation, best known for shaping the doctrine and liturgy of the Church of England.
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B.
Lancelot Andrewes
Lancelot Andrewes was an influential early 17th-century English bishop, theologian, and scholar renowned for his role in shaping Anglican doctrine and contributing to the King James Bible.
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C.
William Tyndale
William Tyndale was a 16th-century English scholar and Reformation leader best known for translating the Bible into English from the original languages, a work that profoundly shaped later English Bibles and the English language itself.
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D.
Thomas Dudley
Thomas Dudley was a prominent early Puritan leader and multiple-term governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony in 17th-century New England.
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E.
Saint Thomas Becket
Saint Thomas Becket was a 12th-century Archbishop of Canterbury whose conflict with King Henry II over the rights and privileges of the Church led to his martyrdom and subsequent veneration as a major Christian saint.
- F. None of above. chosen
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
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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 ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Thomas More Description of subject: 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.
Referenced by (37)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Portrait of Thomas More
this entity surface form:
Sir Thomas More
this entity surface form:
Sir Thomas More in "A Man for All Seasons"
this entity surface form:
Thomas More in Wolf Hall
this entity surface form:
Sir Thomas More
subject surface form:
Thomas Wolsey
this entity surface form:
Thomas More (as character)
this entity surface form:
Sir Thomas More
this entity surface form:
Sir Thomas More