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Although George Chapman's exact birth date is unknown, it is estimated he was born in 1559, the second son of Thomas Chapman and Joan Nodes.
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This timespan goes from the time of George Chapman's birth to the time when John Keats' sonnet "On First Looking Into Chapman's Homer" was published.
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No exact date is given for the beginning of Chapman's college years. However, it is certain that at only fifteen years old, Chapman was sent to Oxford and later Cambridge, but left before he received a degree.
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Not much is known about the relationship between Chapman and Sir Ralph Sadler, but it is known that Chapman seemed to have worked in Sir Ralph Sadler's household from the year 1583-1585, so for a meager two years.
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No reasons are known for why Chapman left Sir Ralph Sadler.
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Chapman served the military in "The Low Countries" in 1591 and 1592.
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1592 was the last year of Chapman serving in the Low Countries.
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In 1594, Chapman published his first long poem, called "The Shadow of Night," at 35 years old.
