Sir Walter Raleigh was a famous English explorer in the late 1500s (1570s to 1590s) who helped set up the New World (AKA North America). He did not go on the first expedition with Amadas and Barlowe, or the second with Ralph Lane, but first came on the third expedition to Roanoke in Virgina with. He was the overall leader under Queen Elizabeth I and was knighted for his "successes". Raleigh, North Carolina was named in honor of him.
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There was a German biologist called Walther (sometimes called Walter) Flemming (1843-1905). He was the founder of cytogenetics. But being a German, he cannot have been Sir Walter Flemming.
Sir Walter Raleigh
Sir Walter Raleigh was the govenor of the lost colony of Roanoke.
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