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1559 - Born at Hitchin in Hertfordshire.
1593 - His earliest published works were the obscure philosophical poems The Shadow of Night.
1595 - Ovid's Banquet of Sense.
1598 - He published his translation of the Iliad in installments.
1605 - He also wrote one noteworthy play in collaboration. Eastward Ho, written with Ben Jonson and John Marston, contained satirical references to the Scots which landed the authors in jail.
1607 - Bussy D'Ambois.
1608 - The Conspiracy and Tragedy of Charles, Duke of Byron.
1613 - Chapman wrote one of the most successful masques of the Jacobean era, The Memorable Masque of the Middle Temple and Lincoln's Inn, performed on the 15th of February.
- The Revenge of Bussy D'Ambois.
1616 - The complete Iliad and Odyssey appeared in The Whole Works of Homer, the first complete English translation.
1634 - Died on the 12th of May in London, having lived his latter years in poverty and debt.
1639 - The Tragedy of Chabot, Admiral of France.
1593 - His earliest published works were the obscure philosophical poems The Shadow of Night.
1595 - Ovid's Banquet of Sense.
1598 - He published his translation of the Iliad in installments.
1605 - He also wrote one noteworthy play in collaboration. Eastward Ho, written with Ben Jonson and John Marston, contained satirical references to the Scots which landed the authors in jail.
1607 - Bussy D'Ambois.
1608 - The Conspiracy and Tragedy of Charles, Duke of Byron.
1613 - Chapman wrote one of the most successful masques of the Jacobean era, The Memorable Masque of the Middle Temple and Lincoln's Inn, performed on the 15th of February.
- The Revenge of Bussy D'Ambois.
1616 - The complete Iliad and Odyssey appeared in The Whole Works of Homer, the first complete English translation.
1634 - Died on the 12th of May in London, having lived his latter years in poverty and debt.
1639 - The Tragedy of Chabot, Admiral of France.
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- "Young men think old men are fools; but old men know young men are fools."
- "The young always have the same problem- how to rebel and conform at the same time. They have now solved this by defying their parents and copying one another."
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