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Thomas Cranmer

1489 - 1556

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Thomas Cranmer (2 July 1489 – 21 March 1556) was a theologian, leader of the English Reformation and Archbishop of Canterbury during the reigns of Henry VIII, Edward VI and, for a short time, Mary I. He is honoured as a martyr in the Church of England. Cranmer helped build the case for the annulment of Henry's marriage to Catherine of Aragon, which was one of the causes of the separation of the English Church from union with the Holy See. Along with Thomas Cromwell, he supported the principle of royal supremacy, in which the king was considered sovereign over the Church within his realm and protector of his people from the abuses of Rome. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Thomas Cranmer has received more than 2,572,190 page views. His biography is available in 56 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 52 in 2019). Thomas Cranmer is the 91st most popular social activist (down from 79th in 2019), the 552nd most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 510th in 2019) and the 7th most popular British Social Activist.

Thomas Cranmer was the Archbishop of Canterbury during the reign of Henry VIII. He was a leading reformer in the Anglican Church and is most famous for writing the Book of Common Prayer, which was published in 1549.

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Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS

Among social activists, Thomas Cranmer ranks 91 out of 840. Before him are Augusto César Sandino, Fra Dolcino, Amílcar Cabral, Betty Williams, Toussaint Louverture, and Marinus van der Lubbe. After him are Jimmy Hoffa, Vasil Levski, Kim Hyong-jik, Liu Xiaobo, Abdul Basit 'Abd us-Samad, and Anneliese Michel.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1489, Thomas Cranmer ranks 5. Before him are Thomas Müntzer, Antonio da Correggio, Margaret Tudor, and Charles, Duke of Vendôme. After him are William Farel, Gaston of Foix, Duke of Nemours, Antoine, Duke of Lorraine, Gerónimo de Aguilar, Charles IV, Duke of Alençon, Fernando d'Ávalos, and Henry V, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg. Among people deceased in 1556, Thomas Cranmer ranks 6. Before him are Ignatius of Loyola, Fuzûlî, Humayun, Pietro Aretino, and Lorenzo Lotto. After him are Martin Agricola, Frederick II, Elector Palatine, Maximus the Greek, Saitō Dōsan, Tullia d'Aragona, and Richard Chancellor.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Thomas Cranmer ranks 552 out of 8,785. Before him are George Curzon, 1st Marquess Curzon of Kedleston (1859), Betty Williams (1943), David McCallum (1933), David Lean (1908), Geoffrey of Monmouth (1090), and Jane Seymour (1951). After him are Christian Bale (1974), David II of Scotland (1324), Sir Arthur Harris, 1st Baronet (1892), David J. Thouless (1934), Benjamin Graham (1894), and Philip Miller (1691).

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Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS In United Kingdom

Among social activists born in United Kingdom, Thomas Cranmer ranks 7. Before him are Nicholas Winton (1909), Robert Owen (1771), Guy Fawkes (1570), Lady Godiva (990), Emmeline Pankhurst (1858), and Betty Williams (1943). After him are Annie Besant (1847), Mairead Maguire (1944), Emily Davison (1872), Max Mosley (1940), Sylvia Pankhurst (1882), and Kate Sheppard (1848).

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