Which English humanist wrote the book 'Utopia'?

The English humanist who wrote Utopia was Thomas More. More composed the work in Latin, and it was first published in Leuven in 1516 with help from his friend Desiderius Erasmus.

Utopia is framed as a conversation involving More, Peter Gilles, and the fictional traveller Raphael Hythloday. Hythloday describes an imaginary island whose laws, property system, education, religion, and government invite readers to question European society. The title combines Greek ideas often rendered as “no place” and “good place,” helping explain why “utopia” later became a word for an ideal society.

The book is political satire rather than a straightforward blueprint. More himself appears as a character, but scholars continue to debate how seriously every proposal should be taken. It was written during the English Renaissance, yet its first English translation did not appear until 1551, sixteen years after More’s execution. More is sometimes confused with Erasmus, who helped publish the book, but Erasmus was not its author.