What is Thomas Cranmer?
[[File:Thomas Cranmer.png|frameless|right]] '''Thomas Cranmer''' (1489-1556) was an [[Archbishop of Canterbury]] and one of the founders of the [[Church of England]] under [[Henry VIII]]. He helped the king to get rid of [[Catherine of Aragon]] and wrote the [[Book of Common Prayer]]. He was killed by [[Mary I of England]] when he refused to return to [[Catholicism]]. He was born in [[Nottinghamshire]] and died in [[Oxford]]. {{bio-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Cranmer, Thomas}} [[Category:1489 births]] [[Category:1556 deaths]] [[Category:Academics of the University of Cambridge]] [[Category:Alumni of the University of Cambridge]] [[Category:Archbishops of Canterbury]] [[Category:English Anglicans]] [[Category:English theologians]] [[Category:Executed English people]] [[Category:Former Roman Catholics]] [[Category:People excommunicated by the Catholic Church]] [[Category:People executed by burning]] [[Category:People from Nottinghamshire]] [[Category:Protestant Reformers]] [[Category:English Roman Catholic archbishops]]