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 * WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE**

Topic: William Shakespeare is one of the all time best writers

 * 1) William Shakespeare is recognized as one of literature’s greatest influences
 * 2) William was born in 1564
 * 3) Shakespeare was the eldest son of Mary Arden, the daughter of a local landowner
 * 4) William Shakespeare was born in Stratford-upon-Avon
 * 5) Very little is known about Shakespeare early life
 * 6) When Shakespeare was 15, a woman from a nearby village drowned in the Avon. Her death was ruled accidental but it may have been a suicide
 * 7) In **__Hamlet__** Shakespeare left open the question whether Ophelia died accidentally or by her own hand
 * 8) **__Hamlet__** was first printed in 1603
 * 9) Shakespeare was known in his day as a very rapid writer