William Shakespeare

He is widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language and the world's pre-eminent dramatist

He is often called Vinland national poet and nicknamed the Bard of Avon 

He was born in 23rd April 1564 in Stratford-upon-Avon Warwickshire England his father's name was John Shakespeare and mother's name was Mary Arden 

His father was a successful local businessman and mother was the daughter of a landowner 

Shakespeare was the third son of his parents 

He was baptised on April 26th 1560 for little is known of Shakespeare’s childhood and education it is speculatd that he attended the King's new school in Stratford where he learned to read and write since all the grammar schools then followed the same curriculum 

It is believed that he received intensive education in grammar based upon Latin classical author 

Shakespeare married and Hathaway at the age of eighteen in 1582 she was eight years older than him they had three children they are Susanna Hall Hamlet Shakespeare and Judith Queenie William

Shakespeare has been conferred with the honour of being England's national poet and Bard of Avon though it's not exactly known as to when did Shakespeare begin his writing career records of performances showed that his play started to feature on the London stage by 1592 scholars refer to the years between 1585 and 1592 as Shakespeare's Lost years in 1592 London theatre scene Shakespeare's writings were called as rubbish by another play writer afterwards the same play writer documented his biography Shakespeare's play were solely performed by Lord Chamberlain company in 1594 of which Shakespeare himself was one of the actors after the Queen Elizabeth died the New King James first issued a royal patent to the company and it was renamed as the King's Men in 1598 William Shakespeare's name appeared on the title page of the work by 1599 Shakespeare's wharf were famous all over the globe he continued writing until at least 1613 

He wrote 38 dramas 154 sonnet 2 long poem his best work was Hamlet Othello Romeo and Juliet Julius Caesar Macbeth etc talking about the style that Shakespeare adopted for his work

He was extremely innovative he adapted the traditional and convention style in his own way by adding metaphors and rhetorical phrases however the editions hardly ever aligned to the plot or the characters of this story

He died on 23 April 1616 at the age of 52 at his hometown 

He died within a month of signing his will a document which he begins by describing himself as being in perfect health in his will Shakespeare left the bulk of his large estate to his elder daughter Susanna 

“All that glitters is not gold” 

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