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Walter Raleigh
Sir Walter Raleigh | |
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Portrait of Sir Walter Raleigh inscribed right: Aetatis suae 34 An(no) ("In the year of his age 34") and left: with his motto Amore et Virtute ("By Love and Virtue"). National Portrait Gallery, London, NPG 7 | |
| Born | c. (or ) Hayes Barton, East Budleigh, Devon, England |
| Died | ()29 October (aged c.65) London, England |
| Occupation | Writer, poet, soldier, courtier, explorer |
| Nationality | English |
| Almamater | Oriel College, Oxford |
| Spouse | Elizabeth Throckmorton |
| Children | Damerei, Walter (Wat),[1]Carew |
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Sir Walter Raleigh (c.
–29 October ) was an English aristocrat, writer, poet, soldier, spy, and explorer. He helped make tobacco popular in England, especially among people in the royal court.[2]
Raleigh was born to a Protestant family in East Budleigh,[3] in Devon, the son of Walter Raleigh and Catherine Champernowne.
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