Margaret Roper

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Margaret Roper was a highly educated English scholar and translator of the early 16th century, renowned for her learning, piety, and close intellectual relationship with her father, Sir Thomas More.

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Margaret Roper canonical 5

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Catholic
human
scholar
translator
writer
activeIn early 16th century
birthName Margaret More
canonizationStatus lay Catholic noted for sanctity, not canonized
countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of England
dateOfBirth 1505
dateOfDeath 1544
describedBySource biographies of Thomas More
educatedBy Thomas More
era Tudor period
familyName Roper
father Thomas More
genre letters
religious literature
givenName Margaret
hasInfluenced perceptions of learned women in Tudor England
hasWorkTranslated "Precatio Dominica" by Erasmus
Desiderius Erasmus
knownFor correspondence with leading humanists
languageOfWorkOrName English
Latin
mother Jane Colt
movement Northern Renaissance humanism
notableFor being one of the most learned women in early 16th-century England
her close intellectual relationship with Thomas More
her humanist education
her piety and devotion
notableWork Latin-to-English translation of Erasmus’s "Precatio Dominica" (The Lord’s Prayer)
Letters to her father Thomas More
occupation scholar
translator
writer
placeOfBirth London
linked to: London, England
placeOfDeath Chelsea
positionHeld member of the household of Thomas More
relative Erasmus of Rotterdam
linked to: Desiderius Erasmus
religion Roman Catholicism
residence Chelsea
Eltham
sexOrGender female
sibling Cecily More
Elizabeth More
John More
another daughter of Thomas More (often called Margaret Giggs by association, though fostered)
spouse William Roper

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Thomas More child Margaret Roper
Alice Middleton stepParentOf Margaret Roper
Cecily More sibling Margaret Roper
Cecily More notableRelative Margaret Roper
John More the younger relative Margaret Roper