Who
was He? Explorer,
Naval Commander, and Historian.
Date and Place
of Birth:
1554 Hayes Barton, near Buddleigh Salterton, Devon,
England.
Family Background: Son
of Walter Raleigh, a country gentleman from Fardell,
near Plymouth.
Education: Oxford
University. Middle Temple, London, to study law.
Chronology:
Written Works:
-
1591:
“The Fight about the Azores.”
-
1596:
“The
Discovery of the Empire of Guiana.”
-
1614:
“The History of the World.”
-
(1642):
“The Prince or Maxims of State.”
-
(1644):
“Today
a Man, Tomorrow None.”
Marriage: 1592
to Elizabeth (Bess) Throckmorton, a Maid of Honour
to Queen Elizabeth the First whom he had got pregnant.
Places of Interest:
Date and Place
of Death:
29th
October 1618, London, England.
Age at Death:
64.
Site of Grave:
St. Margaret's Church, Westminster, London
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