(a.k.a. Kit Marlow, Marlo, Merlin, Marlin, Marley, Morley)
a brief resumé

Born : February 6 (?) 1564 (two months older than Shakespeare)

Baptized : February 26, 1564 St. George’s Church, Canterbury

Parents: John Marlowe, shoemaker and Katherine Arthur Marlowe

Died? : May 30, 1593

Education:

Entered King’s School, Canterbury 1579

Received scholarship from the Archbishop of Canterbury, Matthew Parker

Scholarship given to those intending to study for Holy Orders

School attendance marked by long unexplained absences

Corpus Christi College, Cambridge B.A. 1584, M.A. 1587

Travel:

Visits to France during college years (perhaps to visit English Catholics at Rheims)

Religion:

? Unorthodox! Perhaps studied to take Holy Orders in the Anglican Church - Perhaps Catholic? Perhaps atheist???

Work history:

Admiral’s Men Theater Company

Espionage? Perhaps in the service of Sir Thomas Walsingham

Secret Ambassador/messenger

Publications:

The Tragedy of Dido, Queen of Carthage Tamburlaine

Edward II The Jew of Malta

The Tragical History of Dr. Faustus

Poetry: "The Passionate Shepherd to His Love" "Hero and Leander"

Scholarly Accomplishments:

Refinement of blank verse

Marlowe last seen in the company of Ingram Frizer in Deptford, London

Ben Jonson, William Shakespeare, Queen Elizabeth I

Personal statement: "I hold there is no sin but ignorance."

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