Shakespeare Biography

William Shakespeare was born to John Shakespeare and Mary Arden supposedly on April 23, 1654 in Stratford-Upon-Avon. The Holy Trinity Church records show that Shakespeare was baptized there on April 26, 1654. Church records also showed that William was the eighth child to be born to the Shakespeare family. It is known that Shakespeare did not attend a university, but much speculation has been put out there about what type of education he had. It is believed that John Shakespeare enrolled William into a "free grammar school." William married Anne Hathaway in November 28th 1582 at the age of 18. Anne however, was 26 at the time and carrying Shakespeare's unborn child. On May 26, 1583 Susanna Shakespeare was born, followed by twin brother and sister Hamnet and Judith born on February 2, 1585. Shakespeare's son Hamnet died of the Bubonic Plague on August 11, 1596 at the age of 11. Shakespeare wrote 38 plays including Romeo and Juliet (Tragedy), Othello (Tragedy), The Tempest (Comedy) and A Midsummer Nights Dream (Comedy). Shakespeare also wrote 154 sonnets and poems such as Venus and Adonis and Rape of Lucrece. It is believed that  William Shakespeare died on his birthday April 23, 1616.

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