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Shakesphare

William Shakespeare was born in Stratford, England in the year 1564.
His birth date is unknown but is celebrated on April 23; this day in England is the feast of St. George.
He was baptized on April 26, 1564.
William was the third child of John and Mary Shakespeare.
He had seven siblings but only one of his sister and four brothers lived to adulthood. The other siblings of William died.
William’s father John Shakespeare was a Town official of Stratford and a local businessman.
William’s mother Mary Arden was married to John Shakespeare in 1557. William’s Mother took over her father’s estate and landowning business when he died.
William Shakespeare went to a good school in Stratford and learned basic reading and writing.
On November 1582, when William Shakespeare was eighteen year old, he married Anne Hathaway who was twenty-six and was pregnant. Anne lived her whole life in Stratford, ...

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