Walter Raleigh
English statesman, soldier and writer (1552–1618)
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Walter Raleigh was an English statesman, soldier, and writer who lived from 1552 to 1618 during a pivotal period in English history. He is an important historical figure because of his roles in government and military affairs, as well as his contributions to English literature and exploration.
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5 total works indexed
- The Iron Cage Revisited: Institutional Isomorphism and Collective Rationality in Organizational Fields
· 1983 · cited 30,367x
- A global reference for human genetic variation
· 2015 · cited 17,368x
- Global burden of 369 diseases and injuries in 204 countries and territories, 1990–2019: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019
Works in European collections
5 objects attributed to Walter Raleigh, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana
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Sir Walter Raleigh (/ˈrɔːli, ˈrɑːli, ˈræli/; 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. In his 20s he took part in the suppression of rebellion in the colonisation of Ireland; he also participated in the siege of Smerwick. Later, he became a landlord of property in Ireland and mayor of Youghal in east Munster.
