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George Chapman
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16th/17th-century English dramatist, poet, and translator
Key facts
- Born
- c. 1559 , Hitchin , Hertfordshire, England
- Died
- ( 1634-05-12 ) 12 May 1634, London, England
- Occupation
- Writer
- Period
- Elizabethan
- Genre
- Tragedy, translation
- Notable works
- Bussy D'Ambois Homer's Odysses
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- George
- Family name
- Chapman
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
- Place of birth
- Hitchin
- Place of death
- London
- Occupation
- writer
- Educated at
- University of Oxford
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Notable work
- Bussy D'Ambois
- Image
- George Chapman.jpg
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- Commons category
- George Chapman
- date of death
- 1634-01-01
- date of birth
- 1559-00-00
- writing language
- English language
- different from
- George Chapman
- Commons Creator page
- George Chapman
- P12749
- Johanna Wokalek
- name in native language
- George Chapman
- place of burial
- St Giles in the Fields, Holborn
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Works in European collections
2 objects attributed to George Chapman, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana
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Encyclopedic overview
George Chapman (c. 1559 – 12 May 1634) was an English dramatist, translator and poet. He was a classical scholar whose work shows the influence of Stoicism. Chapman is seen as an anticipator of the metaphysical poets of the 17th century. He is best remembered for his translations of Homer's Iliad and Odyssey, and the Homeric Batrachomyomachia.
Shakespeare was a contemporary of Chapman, and there is evidence that he knew some of Chapman's work. William Minto proposed Chapman as a candidate for being the "Rival Poet" mentioned in Shakespeare's sonnets.
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