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Line 1: − Sir Walter Raleigh (also spelt Ralegh) is best known as an [[English]] [[explorer]] of the [[Elizabethan]] and [[James_I|Jacobian]] ages, noted for popularizing the use of tobacco in the English court. He is falsely credited with introducing both [[tobacco]] and [[potatoes]] to [[Europe]], but this had in fact been achieved earlier by [[Spanish]] navigators.+ − − − − His first expedition to [[America]] took place in 1578, travelling with his half-brother [[Sir Humphrey Gilbert]]. He returned to the [[New World]] in 1585 and attempted to found a British colony at [[Roanoke Island]] (now part of [[North Carolina]]). However, the colonization did not succeed. − − Raleigh was a favourite of [[Queen Elizabeth I]], but fell foul of her when he secretly married her lady-in-waiting, Elizabeth Throckmorton. Bride and groom were both imprisoned in the [[Tower of London]]. On his release Raleigh made further trips to the New World in search of the fabled [[El Dorado]]. − − Soon after the succession of [[James I]] to the English throne in 1603, Raleigh was accused of plotting against the new king and sentenced to death. The sentence was commuted to life imprisonment and in the end Raleigh served twelve years. On his release he embarked upion a second failed attempt to find El Dorado and on his return to England his death sentence was reinstated. − − He was beheaded in the Old Palace Yard at [[Westminster Palace]] on 29 October 1618.<ref>http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/historic_figures/raleigh_walter.shtml</ref> − − == References == − <references/>
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Raleigh was born in [[Hayes Barton]] in [[Devon|Devonshire]], England. There is no accurate record of the date of his birth, but it is believed to have been around the year 1552. He studied in [[Oxford]] and [[London]], where he specialized in [[law]].