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• 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 — (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… …   Historical Dictionary of Renaissance

• Chapman, George — ► (1559 1634) Escritor inglés. Cultivó la tragedia histórica, como en la tragedia Bussy d´Ambois (1597) …   Enciclopedia Universal