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During this time, he wrote comedies and studied Greek and Latin literature.
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Thomas More was born in Milk Street, London on February 7, 1478.
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One of his first works was an English translation of a Latin biography of the Italian humanist Pico della Mirandola. It was printed by Wynkyn de Worde in 1510.
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Thomas More first went to Oxford University to study law.
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Around 1494 More returned to London to study law, he was then admitted to Lincoln's Inn University in 1496
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He finally became a barrister in 1501,after studying law at University.
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Thomas More seriously considered entering the priesthood but decided against it and
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One of More's first acts in Parliament had been to urge a decrease in a proposed appropriation for King Henry VII. In revenge, the King had imprisoned More's father and not released him until a fine was paid and More himself had withdrawn from public life.
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His wife Jane dies leaving him with four children. He marries Alice Middleton, a widow , a month later to ensure that his children have a mother.
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His book, Utopia, is published which describes an ideal, if not impossible, social world but which at the same time is completely impracticable and unrealistic.
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Thomas More tried hard to guard the Church against the out burst of the reformation...selling indulgences.
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Sir Thomas is forced to take an oath declaring the king the supreme head of the English church "as far the law of Christ allows." He attempts to resign his office but the King refuses him permission
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More refused to swear to the Act of Succession and the Oath of Supremacy, and was committed to the Tower of London on April 17 that year.
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More was found guilty of treason and was beheaded alongside Bishop Fisher on July 6, 1535. More's final words on the scaffold were: "The King's good servant, but God's First.
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More was beatified in 1886
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More was beatified in 1886 and canonized by the Catholic Church as a saint by Pope Pius XI in 1935.And was later declared the patron saint of politicians
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He entered Parliament in 1504
