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Walter Raleigh
English statesman, soldier and writer (1552–1618)
Details
- Instance of
- human
- Born
- 22 January 1552, 1554
- Died
- 29 October 1618, 28 October 1618
- Conflict
- Anglo-Spanish War
- Place of birth
- East Budleigh, Hayes Barton
- Place of death
- London
- Sex or gender
- male
- Given name
- Walter
- Father
- Walter Raleigh
- Mother
- Katherine Champernowne
- Spouse
- Elizabeth Raleigh
- Child
- Walter Ralegh, Carew Raleigh
- Sibling
- Carew Raleigh
- Occupation
- explorer, poet, writer, knight, politician, seafarer, discoverer, sailor
- Position held
- Member of the 1584-85 Parliament, Member of the 1586-87 Parliament, Member of the 1593 Parliament, Member of the 1597-98 Parliament, Member of the 1601 Parliament, Lord Lieutenant of Cornwall
- Citizenship
- Kingdom of England
- Religion
- Protestantism
- Awards
- Knight Bachelor
- cause of death
- decapitation
- depicted by
- Sir Walter Ralegh (Raleigh), Sir Walter Raleigh, Sir Walter Ralegh (Raleigh); Walter Ralegh
- described by source
- Appletons' Cyclopædia of American Biography, Dictionary of National Biography, 1885–1900, Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Infernal Dictionary, 6th ed., The Nuttall Encyclopædia, Library of the World's Best Literature, Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition, The New Student's Reference Work, Diccionario de Historia de Venezuela
- different from
- Sir Raleigh
- educated at
- Oriel College, The King's School
- languages spoken, written or signed
- English
- manner of death
- capital punishment
- name in native language
- Sir Walter Raleigh
- permanent duplicated item
- Sir Walter Raleigh
- place of burial
- St Margaret's Church, Westminster
- place of detention
- Tower of London
- topic's main category
- Category:Walter Raleigh
- writing language
- English
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