Christopher Marlowe Timeline and Biography
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The period of the English Tudors spawned a variety of famous and fascinating people including Christopher Marlowe. The Renaissance brought about an age of new learning and ideas in the fields of arts, literature, science, exploration and philosophy. The biography and timeline of Christopher Marlowe details the life, people and events which occurred during this period of Tudor times. Read about the fascinating life of Christopher Marlowe via the short biography and helpful timeline. Christopher Marlowe Timeline and Biography - Why was Christopher Marlowe famous?
Why was Christopher Marlowe famous? Accomplishments and Achievements? Christopher Marlowe was famous as a great Dramatist who was recruited as a spy by Sir Thomas Walsingham and died a very mysterious death. Christopher Marlowe was a famous dramatist and poet but also regarded as a spy, a brawler, a heretic and a homosexual.The mystery surrounding Christopher Marlowe has lead to serious debates as to whether Christopher Marlowe wrote the works which have been attributed to William Shakespeare. Christopher Marlowe Timeline and Biography
This short biography provides a fast snapshot of the life of Christopher Marlowe: - Date of Birth: Baptised 26 Feb 1564
- Place of Birth : Canterbury, Kent, England
- Date of Death: Died on 30 May 1593 in Deptford, London, England
- Parents: Father: John Marlowe
Mother: Catherine Arthur
Christopher Marlowe Timeline and Biography
Important dates in a fast, comprehensive chronological, or date order, providing an actual sequence of important past events which were of considerable significance to the famous people involved in the time period of the Tudors via the Christopher Marlowe Timeline and Short Biography. Specific information can be seen at a glance with concise and accurate facts about the life, history and timeline of Christopher Marlowe. | Christopher Marlowe Timeline and Biography |
| 1564 | Christopher Marlowe was the son of John Marlowe and his wife Catherine Arthur and was baptised 26 Feb 1564 at St. George's Church, Canterbury His early education was at King's School, Canterbury
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| 1584 | He was awarded a scholarship to Corpus Christi College, Cambridge and awarded a BA in 1584
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| 1587 | Between 1584 and 1587 Christopher Marlowe was believed to have been recruited as a spy into the network of Sir Thomas Walsingham. He disappeared, possibly to Europe on a spying mission and was awarded his MA on the instructions of the Privy Council
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| 1587 | Christopher Marlowe entered the royal court circle and started his literary work associating with the great court poets such as Sir Walter Raleigh. He became a member of the secret society called "The School of Night" which was closely related to the mysterious Rosicrucian movement In this year he became associated with Lord Admiral's Company of Players, led by Edward Alleyn, as a Dramatist
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| 1587 | Christopher Marlowe wrote Tamburlaine the Great which was written in 1587 and printed in 1590 ( all other works by Christopher Marlowe were printed postumously) He shared lodgings near the theatres in Southwark, London with Thomas Kyd
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| 1588 | Christopher Marlowe wrote Dr. Faustus in 1588
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| 1589 | Christopher Marlowe wrote the Famous Tragedy of the Rich Jew of Malta in 1589 He spent two weeks in Newgate Gaol charged with murder, although he was later acquitted.
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| 1590 | Edward the Second was written in about 1590 and printed in 1594 Christopher Marlowe was a great poet and his most famous work was 'The Passionate Shepherd to His Love' which was the subject of a well-known "reply" by Walter Raleigh, called 'The Nymph's Reply to the Shepherd'.
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| 1592 | The poem of Hero and Leander was written
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| 1593 | The Massacre at Paris was acted in 1593
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| 1593 | 12 May: Thomas Kyd was arrested by the Privy Council as writer of the seditious notices. Kyd was imprisoned and tortured in the Tower of London when he implicated Christopher Marlowe who was branded an Atheist and heretic 18 May: A warrant was issued by the Star Chamber for the poet's arrest on charges of heresy, which carried the death penalty - but Christopher Marlowe died before he was made to face the interrogation and probable torture
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| 1593 | The mysterious death of Christopher Marlowe: Christopher Marlowe met with three friends (who were also known to be men were spies and secret agents for Francis Walsingham) in Stepney. They had met at a house owned by Eleanor Bull who was the sister Blanche Parry, cousins of John Dee with close connections with Queen Elizabeth. The house was believed to have been a safe meeting place for the agents of Francis Walsingham and Lord Burghley. Marlowe apparently argued with his friend Ingram Frizer and was lethally stabbed in the eye by his friend. Frizer subsequently pleaded self-defence and immediately received a Royal pardon from Queen Elizabeth
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| Christopher Marlowe was said to have died on 30 May 1593 in Deptford, London, England Christopher Marlowe was secretly buried in an unmarked grave...
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Christopher Marlowe Timeline and Biography
Important dates in a fast, comprehensive, chronological, or date order providing an actual sequence of important past events which were of considerable significance to the famous people involved in the time period of the Tudors via the Christopher Marlowe Timeline and Short Biography. Specific information can be seen at a glance with concise and accurate details of the life, biography and timeline of Christopher Marlowe. Christopher Marlowe Timeline and Biography
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