William Shakespeare was born in Stratford-upon-Avon, England in 1564 to John Shakespeare and Mary Arden. He likely received some education at the Stratford Grammar School. In 1582 he married Anne Hathaway and they had three children together. By the 1590s, Shakespeare had become a successful playwright and actor in London. Some of his most famous plays include Romeo and Juliet, Hamlet, and Macbeth. He died in 1616 at the age of 52 in Stratford-upon-Avon, where he was also buried.

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