Aristotle was born in Stagira, Chalcidice in 384 BC. His father was Nichomachus who was a doctor in Macedonia. When Aristotle was young, he became a student at Plato's Academy. He studied there for 17 straight years until the day that Plato died. The leadership of the academy was not handed over to Aristotle though.
It was given to Plato's nephew, Speusippus. Aristotle then left Athens with Xenocrates to open a branch of the academy in Assos in Asia Minor. In Assos, Aristotle had met Hermias, who was one of Plato's students as well. Hermias was now king of Assos. Aristotle married Hermias' niece, Pythias. The relationship lasted for 10 years until Pythias died.
In a couple of years, Aristotle had gotten invited to tutor King Phillip of Macedonia's son, Alexander. Aristotle took Alexander back to the academy in Assos to tutor him. Alex's father, King Phillip, told Alex that he was going to explore other city-states for a couple of years. He then left Macedonia in charge of Alex. In a few years, King Phillip died.
Alexander was then permanently put in-charge of Macedonia. Alexander had been given the title to Macedonia. That was when Alexander was named, Alexander the Great. Aristotle returned to Athens, and realized that Speusippus had died. The leadership was once again, not given to Aristotle. It was given to Aristotle's old friend, Xenocrates. This being said, Aristotle opened up his own school in Athens called Lyceum.
He had named it after Apollo Lyceus. After teaching in that school for 12 years, in 323 BC, Alexander the Great had died. In Macedonia, wars had started breaking out from nowhere. Everybody was going crazy. Aristotle was accused of lack of respect for the Macedonians, and it seemed as though everywhere he went, all of the Macedonians hated him. He got sick and tired of all of the hate so he moved in with his mother in Chalcis on the island of Euboea. He died one year later, in 322 BC
