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Where did Thomas More study before beginning his legal career?

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Portrait of Sir Thomas More by Hans Holbein the Younger, showing More in dark robes and a black hat, wearing a gold chain of office, seated against a green and yellow draped background. — Thomas More *Sir Thomas More*, oil on panel by Hans Holbein the Younger, 1527; in the Frick Collection, New York City.

Before beginning his legal career, Thomas More received his early education at St. Anthony’s school in London and served in the household of John Morton, the archbishop of Canterbury. Following this, he attended the University of Oxford for approximately two years, where he focused on mastering Latin and formal logic.1