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Feb 7, 1478
date and place of birth
I Thomas More, was born on the 7th of February 1478, into a small town known as Milk Street London. -
Jan 1, 1494
where and what I studided at university
I believe i was an intellegent young boy who was capable to acheieve impressing results.After attenidng school at Saint Anthony's school in London i then attnded the university of Oxfor where i later studied law. Duringmy studies at university i also wrote comedies and studided greek and latin journalism. i then joined a near by monastry where i enjoyed the simplicity of life and carried it through my everyday life. -
Period: Jan 1, 1504 to May 7, 1535
Controversies i was involved in
I was placed in court for trial once again for failing to accept the oath and was said to face death as a common criminal on the 7th of May 1535. Throughout the trial I was given the opportunity to agree but I then again disagreed and was given perjury, I was proven guilty and as a consequence for not approving king Henry’s oath I would be executed. -
Period: Jan 1, 1504 to Jan 1, 1532
work achievements
I was voted into parliament in the successful year of 1405. Although throughout my life I never lost interest in Greek studies, a good friend of mine Erasmum then reconnected me with Greek studies which later led me to translate greek publications into English. I was a brilliant scholar , lawyer and writer who enjoyed living the simplicity of life. -
Mar 1, 1505
family life
In the year 1505 i married a lovely women who goes by the name Jane Colt. A couple of years into our marriage we had 4 children together, 3 girls and a boy. Margaret, Elizabeth, Cicely and John.in the sadening year of 1511 my wife then died, i remarried to Dane Alice who was the moth of a lovely young girl named Anne. My son john then got married to Anne who he lived a happy life with. -
Jul 6, 1535
the cause of my death
In April 1534 I refused to swear to the Act of Succession and the Oath of Supremacy. On the 17th of that same month I was committed to the Tower of London where I was found guilty. I was then told that I was going to be beheaded alongside Bishop Fisher. This unfortunate act happened almost a year later on the 6th of July 1535, when my life came to an end. -
canonization
In the year 1935 on the 19th of March i was canonized a catholic saint by Pope Pius XI, this was 400 years after my crucial death.
