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Born in Stratford- on - Avon, his birth date is not exact but he was baptized on April 26, and it was common to baptize children 3 days after they were born during his time, so its concluded that his birthday is on the 23rd. He had 3 brothers Gilbert, Richard, and Edmund and 2 sisters, Joan and Judith . His father was John Shakespeare, mother Mary Arden.
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By the age of around 4 or 5 William was enrolled in the King's New School in Stratford, which was a grammar school. Classes began at dawn and were held six days a week.
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Shakespeare married to Anne Hathaway. In the temple of Grafton Church.
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His first child was named Sussana. She married to a physician on June 5,1607 and had a baby girl on Febuary 21, 1608. she later died in the year 1649.
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Hamnet and Judith were twins. Born in the year 1585. Not much is known about his son Hamnet but he died at the age of 11. Judith was 31 when she married Thomas Quiney.
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in 1592 Sheakspeare begins to write his sonnets. his first seventeen sonnets were about the urge of a young man to marry and breed; admiration, and possessiveness develops.
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Here is when his sonnet ends his last sonnet which speaks on hotsprings and baths
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Shakespears acting company, The Lord Chamberlain’s Men, built their own theatre.
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William died at the age of 52, but the cause of his death is still unknown. During his time period many plagues were in existence so the life expectancy was very short. People lived up to around 35 so William got to live a healthy life. His tomb is located inside a Stratford Church.
