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Thomas Becket
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English archbishop and martyr, 1119/1120–1170
OverviewAI-generated
Thomas Becket was born on 1119-12-21 and died on 1170-12-29. Historical records indicate a period of activity in 1200. He is associated with a collection of five works according to Crossref, while Open Library lists fourteen works under his name. These include *The comedy of errors*, *The cases of the appellants and respondents in the cause of literary property*, *The letters of the late Rev. Mr. Laurence Sterne, to his most intimate friends*, *The life of John Hunter*, and *Il carnovale di Venezia, o sia, La virtuosa*.
A quote attributed to Becket states, "For the Name of Jesus and the protection of the Church I am ready to embrace death." The subject is referenced by 2,845 other encyclopedia articles. Additionally, Last.fm data shows 206 listeners and a playcount of 635 for the name Thomas Becket.
Synthesized by Vinony from 14 facts across 6 sources: Wikidata, Last.fm, Crossref, Wikiquote, Open Library, Vinony graph. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.
Person · Open Library
- Works
- 14
Top works
- The comedy of errors
- The cases of the appellants and respondents in the cause of literary property
- The holy blissful martyr, Saint Thomas of Canterbury . By : Robert Hugh Benson, and By : Thomas Becket also known as Saint Thomas of Canterbury
- The letters of the late Rev. Mr. Laurence Sterne, to his most intimate friends
- The life of John Hunter
via Open Library + Wikidata
Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 206
- Total plays
- 635
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Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- Analysis of Relative Gene Expression Data Using Real-Time Quantitative PCR and the 2−ΔΔCT Method
· 2001 · cited 163,298x
- The PRISMA 2020 statement: an updated guideline for reporting systematic reviews
· 2021 · cited 85,252x
- U-Net: Convolutional Networks for Biomedical Image Segmentation
· 2015 · cited 59,975x
- STAR: ultrafast universal RNA-seq aligner
· 2012 · cited 51,115x
- UCSF Chimera—A visualization system for exploratory research and analysis
· 2004 · cited 44,354x
via Crossref · CC0
Quotes
- “For the Name of Jesus and the protection of the Church I am ready to embrace death.”
via Wikiquote · CC BY-SA
~24 min read
Encyclopedic overview
Thomas Becket (/ˈbɛkɪt/ ), also known as Saint Thomas of Canterbury, Thomas of London and later Thomas à Becket (21 December 1119 or 1120 – 29 December 1170), was an English cleric and statesman who served as Lord Chancellor from 1155 to 1162, and then as Archbishop of Canterbury from 1162 until his death in 1170. He is known for his conflict with King Henry II over the rights and privileges of the Church and was murdered by followers of the king. Becket is venerated as a saint and martyr by the Catholic Church and the Anglican Communion.
Born into a Norman family in London, Becket was educated first at the Merton Priory in Surrey and then successively in London and Paris. He later found work at the household of Theobald of Bec, Archbishop of Canterbury and quickly won his confidence. Theobald would entrust him with a series of important offices and missions, and in 1154 recommended him as Lord Chancellor to King Henry II. In 1162, several months after Theobald's death, Henry appointed Becket Archbishop of Canterbury.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Thomas Becket” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.