William Shakespeare was born in Stratford-upon-Avon. Although his birthdate is unknown, he was baptized on April 26, 1564. It is safe to assume that his birthdate is was three days prior because it was tradition for Christians to baptize their children three days after birth.
#2. Family
Williams father, John Shakespeare, left the village of Snitterfield to take up an apprenticeship in Stratford-upon-Avon as a glove maker. He had many jobs, such as alester, constable, burgess, alderman, and many more, that brought him up in the social class, and sometime in between 1556 and 1558 he married Mary Arden. Shakespeares mother, Mary, had two children prior to him who died as infants. The first child, Joan, was born in 1558, and the second child, Margaret, was born in 1562. Two years after Shakespeare was born, his brother, Gilbert, was born. Gilbert stayed in his hometown as a harbor dasher, and later died at the age of 45. Shakespeare's younger sister, Joan was born in 1569 and married a hatter named William Hart. Joan remained in the Stratford area, had four children, died in 1646. Shakespeare had two more younger siblings, although not much is known about them except that one died eight years after birth, and the other lived to be 39.
#3. Childhood and Life

#4. Hobbies, Interests, and Activities
In 1585 Shakespeare and his wife, Anne Hathaway, twin babies were born. Around 1589 he joined the combined companies of Lord Strange's Men and the Admiral's Men. During the worst of the plague in 1593 Shakespeare's first book was published. He then began writing poetry that was meant to appeal to a selected audience of university students, lawyers, coutries, and nobility. He also wrote sonnets, and became the "ordinary poet" for Lord Chamberlain's Men in 1594. Since Shakespeare was doing so well, he realized his life-long dream and became a "gentleman", which means a man of superior social position or noble birth.
#5. Anecdotes

#6. Career

#7. Reasons for Fame
Some of Shakespeare’s living was made by writing poetry, which appealed to the higher class, such as: lawyers, university students, couriers, and nobility. Shakespeare wrote sonnets that became popular due to the variation on tradition. Starting in 1594 Shakespeare became the “ordinary poet” for Lord Chamberlains Men, and wrote plays giving the superiority to the female character, while making the male character seem unreliable and ridiculous. Two of Shakespeare’s most famous plays are “A Midsummer Nights Dream” and “Romeo and Juliet”.
#8. Later Life\Old Age
Although Shakespeare's play writes attracted a lot of attention, his life was riddled with troubles. One his life difficulties was his fathers death in 1601. Due to his father’s death, Shakespeare became one of the biggest landowners in Stratford-upon-Avon, by inheriting his father’s home, his birthplace on Henley street, as well as the rest of his father’s estate.
#9. Death
