Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Sir Walter Raleigh and Sir Francis Drake are among ten house names being removed at Exeter School - GETTY A private school has ...

Opinions about Sir Walter Raleigh, who sailed the seas in the 16th century, vary widely. Was he a gifted navigator and explorer or a brutal pirate who terrorized the waves? According to one legend, ...

Raleigh is the quintessential example of the Renaissance man. His poem “The Nymph’s Reply to the Shepherd” still appears in anthologies, and while imprisoned in the Tower of London he wrote “History ...

Everyone knows the story of Sir Walter Raleigh gallantly whisking off his ornate cloak and placing it over a muddy puddle to spare the dainty slippers of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth. I remember it ...

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A statue of Raleigh's namesake, Sir Walter Raleigh, hasn't been seen in the city limits for nearly two years. Now, state officials and local history enthusiasts are pushing for him to come back. A ...