Thomas More was one of the first men to come up with the idea of Communism. More wrote a book called Utopia which was about an imaginary island that had a very idealistic society. Thomas More also was a successful lawyer and was a member of Parliament. One of More's bests friends was King Henry VIII who had More beheaded for disapproving his divorce.
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It was published in 1516.
Sir Thomas More (1478 - 1535), the ill-fated Lord Chancellor of Henry VIII (1491 - 1547), wrote the book "Utopia" in 1516.
Utopia was coined by Sir Thomas More in 1551 from the Greek (ootopia) meaning "no (such) place." ou "not" + topos "place" It was extended to "any perfect place" somewhere in 1613.
The concept of a utopia was conceived by Sir/Saint Thomas More in his philosophical novel of the same name.
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Portrait of Sir Thomas More - Holbein - was created in 1527.
Sir Thomas More was a major figure in the reign of Henry VIII. He was into politics.
Sir Thomas More was born on February 7, 1478.
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Sir Thomas More wrote Utopia. Sir Thomas Malory wrote The Morte D'Arthur. Sir Thomas Wyatt wrote "They flee from me that sometime do me seek" and other poems. Sir Thomas Browne wrote Religio Medici. Sir Thomas Littleton wrote On Tenures. Sir Thomas Crapper wrote nothing but thank heaven for him.
Sir Thomas More was born on February 7, 1478.
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Thomas More is a canonized saint.
Sir Thomas More was imprisoned in the Tower of London in England. He was held there in confinement for over a year before he was executed in 1535.
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