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English politician, author and philosopher (–)

"Sir Thomas More" redirects here. For the play, see Sir Thomas More (play).

For other people named Thomas More, see Thomas More (disambiguation).

Sir Thomas MorePC (7 February – 6 July ), venerated in the Catholic Church as Saint Thomas More,^[2] was an English lawyer, judge,^[3] social philosopher, author, statesman, amateur theologian, and noted Renaissance humanist.^[4] He also served Henry VIII as Lord High Chancellor of England from October to May ^[5] He wrote Utopia, published in , which describes the political system of an imaginary island state.^[6]

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 Thomas More - Utopia, Humanism, Statesman | Britannica RYR