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Sir Walter Raleigh [a] (/ ˈ r ɔː l i, ˈ r æ l i, ˈ r ɑː l i /; c. 1553 – 29 October 1618) was an English statesman, soldier, writer and explorer. One of the most notable figures of the Elizabethan era , he played a leading part in English colonisation of North America , suppressed rebellion in Ireland , helped defend England against ...
Sir Walter Raleigh (1552-1618) was an English adventurer, writer and nobleman. After growing close to Elizabeth I during his time in the army, Raleigh was knighted in 1585 and became captain of...
Sir Walter Raleigh (born 1554?, Hayes Barton, near Budleigh Salterton, Devon, England—died October 29, 1618, London) was an English adventurer and writer, a favourite of Queen Elizabeth I, who knighted him in 1585.
Sir Walter Raleigh was an English explorer, soldier and writer. At age 17, he fought with the French Huguenots and later studied at Oxford. He became a favorite of Queen Elizabeth after...
Yet at the age of 66 Sir Walter Raleigh was executed for treason. What caused the downfall of this beloved Renaissance courtier? For a court favorite, Raleigh actually spent quite a bit of his...
Sir Walter Raleigh (c. 1552-1618 CE) was an English courtier, soldier, mariner, explorer, and historian. A one-time favourite of his queen, Elizabeth I of England (r. 1558-1603 CE), Raleigh organised three expeditions to form a colony on the coast of North America in the 1580s CE.
Sir Walter Raleigh, explorer, soldier, seaman, writer, and favorite subject of Queen Elizabeth I was, as its sponsor, primarily responsible for the attempted colonization of Roanoke Island in the 1580s.
Discover facts about the life of Sir Walter Raleigh. Why was he a favourite of Queen Elizabeth I, and why was he imprisoned in both 1592 and 1603?
One of Britain’s most famous explorers, Sir Walter Raleigh was also a poet, scholar and courtier, a favourite of Queen Elizabeth I. He is however usually remembered for introducing tobacco and the potato to Britain, and for failing to find the legendary El Dorado.
Rising through English society in the late 1500s and 1600s, Sir Walter Raleigh became a popular and successful figure in Elizabethan England. However, he is perhaps more well known for his greatest failure—doomed English colony attempts on Roanoke Island.