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(1478-1535)

Who Was Thomas More?

Thomas More wrote Utopia in 1516, which was the forerunner of the utopian literary genre.

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More served as an important counselor to King Henry VIII of England, serving as his key counselor in the early 1500s, but after he refused to accept the king as head of the Church of England, he was tried for treason and beheaded (he died in London, England, in 1535).

More is noted for coining the word "Utopia," in reference to an ideal political system in which policies are governed by reason. He was canonized by the Catholic Church as a saint in 1935, and has been commemorated by the Church of England as a "Reformation martyr."

Early Years

Many historical records suggest that Thomas More was born in London, England, on February 7, 1478, although some scholars believe the year of his birth to be 1477.

He attended St. Anthony's School in London, one of the best schools of his day, and as a youth served as a page in the