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Thomas more was born on the 7th of Febuary 1478 on milk street in London
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He was educated st St Anthony's school then went on to study at Oxford in 1484.
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In 1501 Thomas More became a barrister. He was a very intellegent man.
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Thomas More had to decide between marriage or priesthood. He chose marriage and got married to Jane Colt. He said he would rather be a good husband then a bad priest.
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Was made under-sherrif of London.
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His wife died and he had four children on his own.
One month later he marries (for the second time) a girl named Alice Middleton. -
He was sent on a mission to Antworp. This is where he started writing his book Utopia.
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He was convicted for treason because he would not take the oath of succession.
A few days after Thaomas more was beheaded on tower hill -
Four hundred years after his dead, he was canonized by Pope Pius XI.
