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William Shakespeare

Type Figure Region England Time 1564–1616 Also known as Shakespeare

The foremost playwright and poet of the English Renaissance, hailed as the greatest writer in the history of English literature;…

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  1. 1564–1585Stratford-upon-Avon · WarwickshireBorn in Stratford, he received a classical education at the local grammar school, studying Latin and rhetoric, and married Anne Hathaway in 1582; this period accumulated the linguistic and classical cultural foundation for his later dramatic writing.
  2. c. 1585–1613London · EnglandHe went to London around the late 1580s, writing and performing successively for the Lord Chamberlain's Men and the King's Men, producing masterpieces such as Romeo and Juliet, Hamlet, and Othello from the 1590s to the 1610s, publishing his Sonnets in 1609, and becoming a core creator at the Globe Theatre.
  3. 1613–1616Stratford-upon-Avon · WarwickshireHe withdrew from active stage life around 1613, returned to Stratford to live quietly, died in his hometown on April 23, 1616, and was buried at Holy Trinity Church, leaving an immortal literary legacy.

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