William Shakespeare was born in Stratford-upon-Avon on 23rd April 1564.
His father William was a businessman and his mother Mary was the daughter of a landowner. It is unknown if he went to university. He left Stratford-upon-Avon for London to be in the centre of theathre life. In 1582 he married a woman. They had three children, Susanna, Hamnet and Juliet. In London he wrote and acted in his plays. Shakespeare was wealthy enough to have time for writing and acting and support his family. In his last days he wrote Hamlet, Othello and King Lear, They are considered Shakespeare’s finest plays.