Sir Thomas More

Thomas More was an English statesman and writer, known for his religious stance

against King Henry VIII, that cost him his life.Thomas More was born in London on February 7, 1478, and educated at St.Anthony’s School in London, then the best in the city. At the University of Oxford.Thomas More, Senior, was a prominent local barrister. Thomas Junior went on to study at Oxford where he wanted to learn Greek. Nevertheless, the elite frowned upon Greek because it was thought that it would not give young people access to “novel and dangerous ways of thinking More's father removed him from Oxford and sent him to tutor in law. He studied law after leaving Oxford, but his main interests were in science, theology, and literature More soon became a lawyer (barrister) like his father but he did not lose his interest in Greek studies and he read all the Greek books that he could.. Early on he wrote comedies and spent much time studying Greek and Latin literature. In 1499 When he was about twenty, he become a monk and subjected himself to the discipline of the Carthusians. Four years later Thomas gave up and in 1504 he entered Parliament. In 1510, he was appointed under-sheriff of London.

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During the next decade, Thomas More attracted the attention of King

, and served frequently on diplomatic missions to the Low Countries. In 1518, and he was knighted in 1521. Two years later, Thomas

More was made Speaker of the House of Commons. Thomas More became

Lord Chancellor in 1529; His fortunes changed, however, when he refused to Support Henry's request for a divorce from . Privately, More did not like Henry the 8th . Henry the 8th failed miserably as King. He divorced his first wife (and his brother's widow), Catherine of Aragon, the daughter of the ...

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