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Christopher Marlowe
English dramatist, poet and translator (1564–1593)
Details
- Instance of
- human
- Born
- 6 February 1564, 23 February 1564
- Died
- 30 May 1593
- Place of birth
- Canterbury
- Place of death
- Deptford
- Sex or gender
- male
- Given name
- Christopher
- Family name
- Marlowe
- Movement
- English Renaissance theatre
- Occupation
- playwright, poet, translator, writer
- Citizenship
- Kingdom of England
- academic degree
- Master of Arts
- cause of death
- stabbing attack
- date of baptism
- 26 February 1564
- described by source
- Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Dictionary of National Biography, 1885–1900, BEIC Digital Library, Men of Kent and Kentishmen, Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition, The Age of Shakespeare, The Nuttall Encyclopædia, Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947), Library of the World's Best Literature, Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890), Encyclopædia Britannica Ninth Edition
- documentation files at
- SAPA Foundation, Swiss Archive of the Performing Arts
- end of work period
- 1593
- languages spoken, written or signed
- English
- manner of death
- homicide
- name in native language
- Christopher Marlowe
- notable work
- Edward II, The Tragical History of Doctor Faustus, The Jew of Malta
- place of burial
- Deptford St Nicholas
- start of work period
- 1580s
- topic's main category
- Category:Christopher Marlowe
- writing language
- English
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