Short answers, pulled from the story.
Thomas Cranmer was born on the 2nd of July 1489 in Aslockton, Nottinghamshire. He studied at Jesus College, Cambridge, from 1503 onwards, earning his Bachelor of Arts degree and later his Master of Arts in 1515.
Thomas Cranmer assisted with the annulment proceedings starting in 1527 and proposed the Collectanea satis copiosa strategy in 1529 to bypass Rome. He was appointed Archbishop of Canterbury in October 1532 and declared Henry's marriage to Catherine null and void on the 16th of May 1533.
Thomas Cranmer was executed on the 21st of March 1556 at Oxford. He fulfilled his promise by placing his right hand into the fire first, renouncing his recantations and declaring the Pope to be Antichrist.
Thomas Cranmer wrote and compiled the first two editions of the Book of Common Prayer, turning worship to the language of the people. The 1549 edition was made compulsory on the 9th of June 1549, and the 1552 edition clarified the view of spiritual presence in the Eucharist.
Thomas Cranmer was the younger son of Thomas Cranmer and Agnes Hatfield. His children, Margaret and Thomas, died without issue, and his line became extinct after his wife Margarete died in the 1570s.