William Shakespeare

William Shakespeare was born April 23, 1564 in Stratford-upon-Avon, England and died April 23, 1616. He was a poet and an actor and wrote wonderful plays. He lived with his mother, Mary Arden, was the daughter of a wealthy landowner from a neighboring village. His father, John, was a maker of gloves and a trader in farm produce. He ended his education when he was 13 to help out his dad. He married Anne Hathaway and had three children. When he started writing they were comedies then came along tragedies then romances. Over the time of his life he was very famous and he still is.