The Life Of Shakespeare

By:Ajanay Hines, Aja Ingram, and Cheryl Wimberley Perry

Education

• William Shakespeare was born 23 April 1564 • He was born in: Stratford-upon-Avon, a small English

market town located 100 miles northwest of location. Stratford-upon-Avon, an small English market.

• Biographers made Shakespeare to be poor and uneducated, that wasn't really the case

• At age 4 or 5 he was enrolled in the kings new school• There are no records for the school so we don’t know

exactly when he entered and left

Major Work

• his plays have been made into movies• His contribution to the English language is

probably larger than that of anyone else• plays still rank as the greatest dramas ever

produced in the English language four centuries after they were written.

Interesting Facts

• He put a curse on anyone daring to move his body from that final resting place.

• Is father was a money lender and was accused of lending money at the rate of 20% and 25%.

• Shakespeare never published any of his plays himself.• All of Shakespeare's family members were illiterate.• Shakespeare was eighteen when he married Anne

Hathaway in 1582.• Died on his birthday

Shakespeare Family

• Shakespeare's mother was born Mary Arden, the daughter of a well-to-do landowner in a lesser branch of an aristocratic family.

• William was the third of eight children• William was the first born son of Mary and

John Shakespeare.

Shakespeare William Ending

• Shakespeare lived more than 400 years ago.• He died at 52• He retired from London in 1610• Died April 23 1616 • Believed to have died in the house his son-in-

law would have attended, who happened to be the town physician

• On truth his exact death date is not recored

Reference Page

• http://www.biography.com/people/william-shakespeare-9480323

• http://www.williamshakespearefacts.net/• http://www.nosweatshakespeare.com/resour

ces/shakespeare-facts/• http://absoluteshakespeare.com/trivia/facts/f

acts.htm• http://www.bl.uk/treasures/shakespeare/basi

cs.html• http://shakespeare.about.com/od/shakespear

eslife/a/shakespeare-death.htm