Walter Raleigh (disambiguation)
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Walter Raleigh
Walter Raleigh
Sir Walter Raleigh was an English aristocrat, writer, poet, soldier, courtier, spy, and explorer. He is also well known for popularising tobacco in England....

was an English writer, poet, soldier, courtier and explorer.

Walter Raleigh may also refer to:
  • Walter Raleigh (professor)
    Walter Raleigh (professor)
    Professor Sir Walter Alexander Raleigh was an English scholar, poet and author.He was born in London, the fifth child and only son of a local Congregationalist minister...

     (1861-1922), Scottish scholar, poet and author
  • Walter Raleigh (dean)
    Walter Raleigh (dean)
    Walter Raleigh or Ralegh , was an English divine.Raleigh was the second son of Sir Walter Ralegh's elder brother, Sir Carew Ralegh, of Downton, Wiltshire. His mother was Dorothy, relict of Sir John Thynne, of Longleat, Wiltshire, and daughter of Sir William Wroughton, of Broadheighton, Wiltshire...

     Dean of Wells, 1642-1644

Other uses of name

  • Sir Water Raleigh was one of the GWR 3031 Class
    GWR 3031 Class
    The Dean Single, 3031 Class, or Achilles Class was a type of steam locomotive built by the Great Western Railway between 1891 and 1899. They were designed by William Dean for passenger work...

     locomotives that were built for and run on the Great Western Railway between 1891 and 1915.
  • Sir Walter Raleigh Hotel
    Sir Walter Raleigh Hotel
    The Sir Walter Raleigh Hotel is the oldest surviving hotel building in Raleigh, North Carolina. Constructed between 1923 and 1924 on Fayetteville Street and named after Sir Walter Raleigh, the hotel was nicknamed North Carolina’s “third house of government,” due to its location and being a focal...

    , a hotel in Raleigh, North Carolina
  • Sir Walter Raleigh (essay)
    Sir Walter Raleigh (essay)
    Sir Walter Raleigh is an essay by Henry David Thoreau that has been reconstructed from notes he wrote for an 1843 lecture and drafts of an article he was preparing for The Dial....

    , the essay by Henry David Thoreau
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