Thomas More : English Lawyer, Judge, Social Philosopher, Author, Statesman, and Noted Renaissance Humanist

February 7, 1478 — July 6, 1535

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Venerated in the Catholic Church as Saint Thomas More, he was an English lawyer, judge, social philosopher, author, statesman, and noted Renaissance humanist. He also served Henry VIII as Lord High Chancellor of England from October 1529 to May 1532. He wrote Utopia, published in 1516, which describes the political system of an imaginary island state.

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February 7, 1478

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July 6, 1535

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