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Thomas Linacre

1460 - 1524

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Thomas Linacre or Lynaker ( LIN-ə-kər; c. 1460 – 20 October 1524) was an English humanist scholar, Catholic priest, and physician, after whom Linacre College, Oxford, and Linacre House, a boys' boarding house at The King's School, Canterbury, were named. Linacre was more of a scholar than a scientific investigator. It is difficult to judge his practical skill in his profession, but it was highly esteemed in his own day. He took no part in political or theological questions, but his career as a scholar was characteristic of the critical period in the history of learning through which he lived. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia. Thomas Linacre is the 5,594th most popular writer (up from 5,818th in 2024), the 4,523rd most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 4,580th in 2019) and the 490th most popular British Writer.

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Among writers, Thomas Linacre ranks 5,594 out of 7,302. Before him are Varsha Adalja, Semir Osmanagić, Ion Agârbiceanu, Eugène Dabit, Robert Herrick, and Martin Cruz Smith. After him are Fatos Arapi, Conrad Hall, Lester del Rey, Philip Agee, Marianne Williamson, and Gevorg Emin.

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Among people born in 1460, Thomas Linacre ranks 31. Before him are Pedro Navarro, Count of Oliveto, Johann Froben, Catherine of Foix, Countess of Candale, Eric Trolle, Antoine Brumel, and Boccaccio Boccaccino. After him is William Dunbar. Among people deceased in 1524, Thomas Linacre ranks 19. Before him are Tang Yin, Johann von Staupitz, Cristóbal de Olid, Catherine of Saxony, Archduchess of Austria, Ğazı I Giray, and Thomas Howard, 2nd Duke of Norfolk.

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Among people born in United Kingdom, Thomas Linacre ranks 4,524 out of 8,785. Before him are Diana Wynyard (1906), Arthur St. Clair (1737), John Fenning (1885), John Francis Davis (1795), Robert Herrick (1591), and James Collins (1983). After him are Margaret Archer (1943), Ian McElhinney (1948), Ivor Allchurch (1929), Roger Allam (1953), Robert Morison (1620), and Michael Crawford (1942).

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Among writers born in United Kingdom, Thomas Linacre ranks 490. Before him are Steven Moffat (1961), George Chapman (1559), Clara Reeve (1729), George Lillo (1691), Catharine Trotter Cockburn (1674), and Robert Herrick (1591). After him are William Martin Leake (1777), Sam Houser (1972), Henry Lincoln (1930), Martin Litchfield West (1937), Stephen Leacock (1869), and Sarah Fuller Flower Adams (1805).

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