Willam Shakespeare
...eare was born on the 23rd of April, 1564 to John Shakespeare and Mary Arden. He grew up in Stratford-upon-Avon, with his seven brothers and sisters. He was baptised on the 26th of April, 1564 and throughout his life attended the local grammar school. At the age of eighteen, he married a local girl, Anne Hathaway and had a daughter, Susannah and twins, Judith and Hamnet. Shakespeare died at the age of fifty-two on the 23rd of April, 1616. What effect has Shakespeare had on our culture, vocabulary, sayings and idioms? Shakespeare had an enormous effect on the language throughout the world.The DL on William Shakespeare William Shakespeare was a great English playwright, dramatist and poet who lived during the late sixteenth and early seventeenth centuries. Shakespeare is considered to be the greatest playwright of all time. No other writer's plays have been produced so many times or read so widely in so many countries as his. Shakespeare was born to middle class parents. His father, John, was a Stratford businessman. He was a glove maker who owned a leather shop. John Shakespeare was a well known and respected man in the town. He held several important local governmental positions...