SIR THOMAS MORE

SIR THOMAS MORE

BORN, LIVED, WORKED

• He was born on February 7, 1478
• He lived on Milk Street, London, England
• He worked in law courts as a lawyer then a judge

MAJOR ACHIEVEMENTS

• He was the son of the lawyer who later became a judge
• He was a speaker of the House of Commons
• He wrote the book "Utopia"
• He served as King Henry VIII's key counselor
• He refused to accept the King as head of Church of England

ACHIEVEMENTS CONTINUED

• He tried for treason and was beheaded
• He was appointed Under-Sheriff in the City of London
• Was made a member of the King's Council

BELIEFS, FEELINGS OR IDEAS

• He worked toward becoming a monk
• He believed in Utopias
• He was Catholic
• He was a humanist because he believed in the possibility of making life on Earth a Utopia
• He also believed that areas of the Catholic Church deserved to be reformed and modernized

IMPORTANT QUOTES

• "The King's good servant, but God's first."
• "One of the greatest problems of our time is that many are schooled but few are educated."
• "A friendship like love is warm; a love like friendship is steady."
• "Whoever loveth me, loveth my hound."
• "If honor were profitable everybody would be honorable."

SOURCES

• www.luminarium.org/renilt/morebio.htm
• www.historyguide.org
• www.biography.com
• www.faculty.history.wisc.edu
• www.historylearningsite.co.uk

SOURCES CONTINUED

• www.brainyquote.com