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He is one of the greatest writers of all time, and our longing to know as much as we can about him continues. We know that William Shakespeare was born in 1564 to John and Mary Shakespeare of Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire, and that he was their first child to survive past infancy. During the Elizabethan period, infant mortality was very high, and his parents had already lost two daughters before young William was born. The exact date of his birth is unknown, but his baptismal record survives, showing that Gulielmus filius Johannes Shakespeare (William, son of John Shakespeare) was baptised in Stratford-upon-Avon’s Holy Trinity Church on 26 April 1564. His birthday is now celebrated on 23 April, since it was common for baptisms to be held three days after a birth.
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Thank you for subscribingWe have more newslettersShow meSee ourprivacy notice On this day, April 23, 1564 William Shakespeare was born. But, despite being arguably the most important playwright of all time, very little is actually known about the man himself. However, he did leave one thing behind that tells us more about him than we could ever decipher from his plays - his will. Drafted about a month before his death in 1616, at the age of just 52, Shakespeare declared that he was “in perfect health & memorie, god be praysed.”
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