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Thomas More

Also known as Sir Thomas More, Saint Thomas More, Thomas Morus, Thomas, Saint More, Thomas, Sir More

English statesman, lawyer and philosopher (1478–1535)

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Thomas More was born in 1478 and died in 1535. He is the author of works including *Famous Utopias*, *L'Utopie de Thomas Morus*, *Epistolae aliqvot ervditorum uirorum, ex quibus perspicuum quãta sit Eduardi Lei uirulentia*, *Tableau du meilleur gouvernement possible, ou l'Utopie*, and *Gebete und Meditationen*. His writings are referenced by 4,381 other encyclopedia articles.

In music contexts, he is categorized as an "Other" artist type. He has 197 listeners and a playcount of 1294 on Last.fm. Similar artists include Arthur Schopenhauer, T. Bailey Saunders trans., Machiavelli, Plato, Jacob Abbott, and Thomas Sowell.

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Person · Open Library

Born: 1478
Died: 1535
Works: 270

Top works

Famous Utopias
L'Utopie de Thomas Morus
Von der wunderbarlichen Jnnsel Vtopia genant, das ander Bůch, durch den wolgebronen hochgelerten herren Thomam Morũ Fryherñ, vñ des durchlüchtigistẽ, grossmechtigisten Künigs zů Engellandt Schatzmeister erstlich zů Latin gar kürtzlich beschriben vnd vssgelegt
Epistolae aliqvot ervditorum uirorum, ex quibus perspicuum quãta sit Eduardi Lei uirulentia
Tableau du meilleur gouvernement possible, ou l'Utopie

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Type: Other

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners: 197
Total plays: 1,294

Similar artists

Arthur Schopenhauer, T. Bailey Saunders trans.MachiavelliPlatoJacob AbbottThomas Sowell

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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 163,217x
The PRISMA 2020 statement: an updated guideline for reporting systematic reviews
· 2021 · cited 84,951x
U-Net: Convolutional Networks for Biomedical Image Segmentation
· 2015 · cited 59,840x
STAR: ultrafast universal RNA-seq aligner
· 2012 · cited 51,051x
UCSF Chimera—A visualization system for exploratory research and analysis
· 2004 · cited 44,323x

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Quotes

“Yea, marry, now it is somewhat, for now it is rhyme; before it was neither rhyme nor reason.”
“Now there was a young gentleman which had married a merchant's wife. And having a little wanton money, which him thought burned out the bottom of his purse, in the first year of his wedding took his wife with him and went over sea, for none other errand but to see Flanders and France and ride out one summer in those countries.”
“For men use, if they have an evil turn, to write it in marble: and whoso doth us a good turn we write it in dust.”
“And when the devil hath seen that they have set so little by him, after certain essays, made in such times as he thought most fitting, he hath given that temptation quite over. And this he doth not only because the proud spirit cannot endure to be mocked, but also lest, with much tempting the man to the sin to which he could not in conclusion bring him, he should much increase his merit.”
“The increasing influence of the Bible is marvelously great, penetrating everywhere. It carries with it a tremendous power of freedom and justice guided by a combined force of wisdom and goodness.”
“I do nobody harm, I say none harm, I think none harm, but wish everybody good. And if this be not enough to keep a man alive, in good faith, I long not to live.”

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Wikidata facts

Instance of: human
Given name: Thomas
Gender: male
Citizenship: Kingdom of England
Place of birth: London
Place of death: Tower Hill
Child: Margaret Clement
Occupation: writer
Position held: Speaker of the House of Commons
Languages spoken: Italian
Religion: Catholic Church
Genre: satire
Image: Hans Holbein, the Younger - Sir Thomas More - Google Art Project.jpg
Work location: London
Political ideology: humanism
Religious order: Third Order of Saint Francis

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described by source: Wikitólica
Commons category: Thomas More
date of birth: 1478-02-07
date of death: 1535-07-06
canonization status: Catholic saint
cause of death: decapitation
manner of death: capital punishment
topic's main category: Category:Thomas More
birth name: Thomas More
Commons gallery: Thomas More
place of detention: Tower Hill
name in native language: Thomas More
Commons Creator page: Thomas More
ethnic group: English people
writing language: Neo-Latin
feast day: July 6
honorific prefix: The Right Honourable
significant person: Juan Luis Vives
domain of saint or deity: politics
on focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4
P12749: Rosemarie Clausen
has works in the collection: Archives nationales
P13311: 7th century

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Works in European collections

23 objects attributed to Thomas More, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana

Utopia

Ambrosij des edlen Römers, so ettwan under Keyser Valentiniano durch Liguriam vnnd Aemiliam Landtpfleger vnd richter, nachmals vnder den Keysern Valentiniano vnnd Theodosio Bischoff zu Meyland gewesen ist. Drei bücher Officiorum (das ist) vom Wolstandt, was yedem menschen in seim stadt gebüret vnd wol an staht, vnd er nach gelegenheyt yedes dings, yeder person, zeit, statt vnnd Maß, anzurichten habe, damit niemant geschadet, vnnd yederman gedienet werde :

Epigrammata clarissimi disertissimiq uiri Thomae Mori ... ad emendatu exemplar ipsius autoris excusa

Doctissima D. Thomae Mori ... epistola, in qua non minus facete quam pie, respondet literis Ioannis Pomerani, hominis inter protestantes nominis non obscuri opusculum certe sacrarum literarum studiosis tum vtile, tum iucundum

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Encyclopedic overview

Sir Thomas More (7 February 1478 – 6 July 1535), venerated in the Catholic Church as a martyr and saint, was an English lawyer, judge, social philosopher, author, statesman, theologian and Renaissance humanist. He also served Henry VIII as Lord Chancellor from October 1529 to May 1532. He wrote Utopia, published in 1516, which describes the political system of an imaginary island state.

More opposed the Protestant Reformation, directing polemics against the theology of Martin Luther, Huldrych Zwingli and William Tyndale. More also opposed Henry VIII's separation from the Catholic Church, refusing to acknowledge Henry as supreme head of the Church of England and the annulment of his marriage to Catherine of Aragon. After refusing to take the Oath of Supremacy, More was convicted of treason on what he stated was false evidence, and was executed. At his execution, he was reported to have said: "I die the King's good servant, and God's first."

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