Marlowe was the second child and eldest son of John Marlowe, a Canterbury shoemaker. Marlowe completed his BA degree … Christopher Marlowe was an English writer from the Elizabethan era, whose work influenced William Shakespeare's writing as well as the writing of generations to follow.
BORN: February 1564 • Canterbury, England DIED: May 30, 1593 • Deptford, England English playwright. Christopher Marlowe was born in 1564, the year of William Shakespeare's birth. Christopher Marlowe, best known as the author of Doctor Faustus, in about 1585. Educationally they were a great contrast. Christopher Marlowe: Christopher Marlowe Search: WORKS The Tragical History of Dr. Faustus Marlowe was the first to turn the Faustian myth into a morality play; it remains an apogee of Elizabethan drama. Christopher "Kit" Marlowe (1564–30 May 1593) was a major dramatist, poet, and translator of English Renaissance drama.Many people believe he is the best Elizabethan tragedian before William Shakespeare.. Marlowe was the son of a shoemaker in Canterbury.His intelligence won him scholarships, to King's School in Canterbury at age 15, and two years later to the University of Cambridge. Shakespeare had had no opportunity to learn foreign languages though Marlowe was fluent in many. The achievement of Christopher Marlowe, poet and dramatist, was enormous—surpassed only by that of his exact contemporary, William Shakespeare.
His father John Marlowe was a shoemaker and the family must have been quite well off because Christopher was sent to the Kings School. Christopher Marlowe. Christopher Marlowe was born in Canterbury around February 26, 1564 (this was the day on which he was baptized). Marlowe, by comparison, had two degrees including a master’s from Corpus Christi College at Cambridge University. John worked as a shoemaker. Christopher Marlowe was born in the last week of February 1564, in Canterbury, Kent, England, into the working class family of John Marlowe and Catherine. He developed a new meter which has become one of the most popular in English literary history, and he revitalized a dying form of English drama. The exact date of Marlowe’s birth is now known, but it is known that he was baptized on February 26, 1564. Christopher Marlowe Canterburyben nőtt fel. Christopher Marlowe was a great Elizabethan playwright. From the Harvard Classics, Vol. Christopher Marlowe was the most influential dramatist of the Elizabethan Era, the period associated with the reign of Queen Elizabeth I (1558–1603) that is often considered to be a golden age in English history. After attending the King's School on a scholarship, he won another scholarship to attend Corpus Christi College, Cambridge. ANTHOLOGIZED The exact date of his birth is not certain but he was born the same year as William Shakespeare during the reign of Elizabeth I. He was baptised in Canterbury, Kent on 26 February 1564. Christopher Marlowe, (baptized Feb. 26, 1564, Canterbury, Kent, Eng.—died May 30, 1593, Deptford, near London), Elizabethan poet and Shakespeare’s most important predecessor in English drama, who is noted especially for his establishment of dramatic blank verse.