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Walter Raleigh

1554 - 1618

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Sir Walter Raleigh (; 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 the Spanish Armada and held political positions under Elizabeth I. Raleigh was born to a landed gentry family of Protestant faith in Devon, the son of Walter Raleigh and Catherine Champernowne. He was the younger half-brother of Sir Humphrey Gilbert and a cousin of Sir Richard Grenville. Little is known of his early life, though in his late teens he spent some time in France taking part in the religious civil wars. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Walter Raleigh is the 686th most popular writer (up from 734th in 2019), the 636th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 567th in 2019) and the 67th most popular British Writer.

Walter Raleigh is most famous for his explorations and for founding the first English colony in North America.

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Among writers, Walter Raleigh ranks 686 out of 7,302. Before him are Olga Tokarczuk, Gerald Gardner, Pietro Metastasio, Ferenc Molnár, Joseph Murphy, and Daphne du Maurier. After him are Frano Selak, Gregory of Narek, Vittoria Colonna, Maurice Blanchot, Tyrtaeus, and Al-Maʿarri.

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Among people born in 1554, Walter Raleigh ranks 4. Before him are Pope Gregory XV, Sebastian of Portugal, and Elisabeth of Austria, Queen of France. After him are Tsarevich Ivan Ivanovich of Russia, Charles, Duke of Mayenne, Marietta Robusti, Philip William, Prince of Orange, Bálint Balassi, Philip Sidney, Ernest of Bavaria, and Wakisaka Yasuharu. Among people deceased in 1618, Walter Raleigh ranks 3. Before him are Maximilian III, Archduke of Austria, and Giulio Caccini. After him are Albert Frederick, Duke of Prussia, Powhatan, Anna of Tyrol, Petrus Gonsalvus, Philip William, Prince of Orange, John, Duke of Östergötland, Marie of the Incarnation, Heo Gyun, and Margherita Gonzaga, Duchess of Ferrara.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Walter Raleigh ranks 636 out of 8,785. Before him are G. H. Hardy (1877), Brook Taylor (1685), William Godwin (1756), Gerald Gardner (1884), Trevor Howard (1913), and Daphne du Maurier (1907). After him are Nick Mason (1944), Angus Young (1955), Ron Dennis (1947), Bob Hoskins (1942), Arthur Balfour (1848), and Houston Stewart Chamberlain (1855).

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Among WRITERS In United Kingdom

Among writers born in United Kingdom, Walter Raleigh ranks 67. Before him are Samuel Taylor Coleridge (1772), A. J. Cronin (1896), Alexander Pope (1688), A. A. Milne (1882), Gerald Gardner (1884), and Daphne du Maurier (1907). After him are Muriel Spark (1918), Matthew Lewis (1775), Patrick White (1912), Robert Burton (1577), Geoffrey of Monmouth (1090), and John le Carré (1931).

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