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Was born near Hitchin about 1559, and, according to Wood, "spent some time in Oxon, where he was observed to be most excellent in the Latin and Greek tongues, but not in logic or philosophy." He is first heard of upon publication of his poem The Shadow of Night in 1594. He is first mentioned as a .. .. more >>

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"The majesty and riches of the mind,
But dwell in darkness; for your God is blind."
George Chapman (1559?-1634), British poet. A Coronet for His Mistress Philosophy (l. 13-14). . . Sonnet, The; an Anthology. Robert M. Bender and Charles L. Squier, eds. (1987) Washington Square Press/Pocket Books.

"I know an Englishman,
Being flattered, is a lamb; threatened, a lion."
George Chapman c. 1559-1634, British dramatist, poet, translator. repr. In Plays and Poems of George Chapman: The Tragedies, ed. Thomas Marc Parrott (1910). Archbishop of Cologne, in Alphonsus, Emperor of Germany, act 1, sc. 2, l. 208-9 (1654). on the proposal to make Richard, Earl of Cornwall, Holy Roman Emperor. The ascription of the play to Chapman has been questioned.

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George Chapman - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
George Chapman (c. 1559 – May 12, 1634) was an English dramatist, translator, and poet. He was a classical scholar, and his work shows the influence of ...
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George Chapman (murderer) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Illustration of George Chapman from an old newspaper article. Background information. Birth name: Seweryn Antonowicz Klosowski. Alias(es): Ludwig Schloski ...
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George Chapman (c.1560-1634)
Biography of English playwright George Chapman, plus links to purchase all of his works currently in print.
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George Chapman Collection at Bartleby.com
George Chapman. 1559?–1634, English dramatist, translator, and poet. He is as famous for his plays as for his poetic translations of Homer’s Iliad (1612) ...
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