Chapman, George

Chapman, George
(1560-1634)
   English poet, dramatist, and translator. His comedies All Fools (1605) and The Widow's Tears (1612) were successful on the London stage, and his classical education (probably at Oxford) is reflected in his tragedy Bussy d'Ambois (1607), which shows the influence of the Roman dramatist Seneca, though it also reflects his interest in the recent history of France. He is most widely known as a translator of classical literature; his translation of Homer was long regarded as the best English text of the Homeric poems.

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  • 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

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