It seems clear that Shakespeare was born in Stratford-Upon-Avon 442 years ago, on April 23, the son of a Catholic mother and glovemaker father. He had one sister and three younger brothers.
Shakespeare's eighth-grade education was enough to give him a good grasp of Latin, to help him land work perhaps as a legal assistant (the plays are full of knowledge of the law as well as of gloves), a tutor, a horse-holder and an actor. How many writers have had jobs like these? A lot.

the master

to die (at 52) of what doctors today have speculated was a rare cancer of the tear duct

oh the irony that the too feeling man might have died thus
happy birthday Bill

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