CHAPMAN, George — (c. 1559 1634) A complex poet and innovative playwright, George Chapman was also a respected scholar, a supporter of writers and artists, and, most famously, a translator of Homer. Chapman was the second son in a well connected and prosperous… … Renaissance and Reformation 1500-1620: A Biographical Dictionary
Chapman, George — ▪ English writer born 1559?, Hitchin, Hertfordshire, Eng. died May 12, 1634, London English poet and dramatist, whose translation of Homer long remained the standard English version. Chapman attended the University of Oxford but took no… … Universalium
Chapman, George — (?1559 1634) Born near Hitchin, Hertfordshire, it is thought he attended Oxford University, Cambridge or both, but whichever, he was an excellent Greek and Latin scholar. William Browne, in the second book of Britannia s Pastorals, styles… … British and Irish poets
Chapman,George — Chap·man (chăpʹmən), George. 1559? 1634. English writer, dramatist, and translator noted for his translations of Homer s Iliad (1598 1611) and Odyssey (1616). * * * … Universalium
Chapman, George — ► (1559 1634) Escritor inglés. Cultivó la tragedia histórica, como en la tragedia Bussy d´Ambois (1597) … Enciclopedia Universal
CHAPMAN, GEORGE — English dramatic poet, born at Hitchin, Hertfordshire; wrote numerous plays, both in tragedy and comedy, as well as poems, of unequal merit, but his great achievement, and the one on which his fame rests, is his translation into verse of the… … The Nuttall Encyclopaedia
Chapman, George — (1559 1634) Dramatist and translator, was b. near Hitchin, and probably ed. at Oxf. and Camb. He wrote many plays, including The Blind Beggar of Alexandria (1596), All Fools (1599), A Humerous Daye s Myrthe (1599), Eastward Hoe (with Jonson),… … Short biographical dictionary of English literature
George Chapman (Giftmörder) — George Chapman George Chapman (* 14. Dezember 1865 in Nagórna, (Polen) als Seweryn Antonowicz Kłosowski; † 7. April 1903 im Wandsworth Gefängnis) war ein bekannter Giftmörder. Es wird vermutet, dass er auch Jack the Ripper gewesen sein könnte … Deutsch Wikipedia
CHAPMAN (G.) — CHAPMAN GEORGE (1559 env. 1634) Poète, dramaturge et traducteur de l’époque élisabéthaine. Celui que Shakespeare nommait, non sans quelque ironie, son rival se croyait inspiré des dieux et plus particulièrement pour traduire Homère. C’est… … Encyclopédie Universelle
Chapman — Chapman, George * * * (as used in expressions) Andrews, Roy Chapman Catt, Carrie Chapman Chapman, Frank Michler Chapman, Maria Weston … Enciclopedia Universal
