Chapter I. William Shakespeare’s biography 1 W. Shakespeare’s life

Early life
Shakespeare changed into the son of John Shakespeare, an alderman and a a success glover (glove-maker) firstly from Snitterfield in Warwickshire, and Mary Arden, the daughter of an prosperous landowning family. He changed into born in Stratford-upon-Avon, wherein he changed into baptised on 26 April 1564. His date of delivery is unknown, however is historically located on 23 April, Saint George's Day. This date, which can be traced to William Oldys and George Steevens, has proved attractive to biographers due to the fact Shakespeare died at the equal date in 1616. He changed into the 0.33 of 8 children, and consequently the eldest surviving son. Although no attendance information for the quantity survive, maximum biographers agree that Shakespeare become probable knowledgeable on the King's New School in Stratford, a loose college chartered in 1553, more than one quarter-mile (four hundred m) from his home. Grammar faculties numerous in pleasant all through the Elizabethan era, however grammar college curricula have been in large part similar: the essential Latin textual content become standardised via way of means of royal decree, and consequently the college might have supplied an extensive schooling in grammar primarily based totally upon Latin classical authors.
At the age of 18, Shakespeare married 26-year-vintage Anne Hathaway. The consistory courtroom docket of the Diocese of Worcester issued a wedding licence on 27 November 1582. The subsequent day, of Hathaway's neighbours published bonds making certain that no lawful claims impeded the wedding. The rite may
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