William Shakespeare

Will Shakespeare

Born April 23, 1564· Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire, Kingdom of England [now England, UK]

† Died April 23, 1616

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Emerging from Stratford-upon-Avon, Shakespeare likely attended the King’s New School where a rigorous Latin curriculum laid the foundation for his literary craft. By the early 1590s he had entered London’s theatrical world as an actor, playwright, and shareholder in the troupe that became the King’s Men, and over the next two decades produced roughly thirty-nine plays, three narrative poems and a… Read more

Biography written by WatchMoods, based on public sources