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William

Actor and Poet

Date of Birth: 26 April 1564
Age at the time of death: 51 years old
Date death 23 April 1616
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William Shakespeare was an English playwright, poet and actor. He is widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language and the world's greatest dramatist. He is often called England's national poet and the "Bard of Avon" (or simply "the Bard"). His extant works, including collaborations, consist of some 39 plays, 154 sonnets, three long narrative poems, and a few other verses, some of uncertain authorship. His plays have been translated into every major living language and are performed more often than those of any other playwright. His works continue to be studied and reinterpreted.

Shakespeare was born and raised in Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire. At the age of 18, he married Anne Hathaway, with whom he had three children: Susanna and twins Hamnet and Judith. Sometime between 1585 and 1592, he began a successful career in London as an actor, writer, and part-owner of a playing company called the Lord Chamberlain's Men, later known as the King's Men. At age 49 (around 1613), he appears to have retired to Stratford, where he died three years later. Few records of Shakespeare's private life survive; this has stimulated considerable speculation about such matters as his physical appearance, his sexuality, his religious beliefs and whether the works attributed to him were written by others.

Shakespeare produced most of his known works between 1589 and 1613. His early plays were primarily comedies and histories and are regarded as some of the best works produced in these genres. He then wrote mainly tragedies until 1608, among them Hamlet, Romeo and Juliet, Othello, King Lear, and Macbeth, all considered to be among the finest works in the English language. In the last phase of his life, he wrote tragicomedies (also known as romances) and collaborated with other playwrights.

Many of Shakespeare's plays were published in editions of varying quality and accuracy in his lifetime. However, in 1623, two fellow actors and friends of Shakespeare's, John Heminges and Henry Condell, published a more definitive text known as the First Folio, a posthumous collected edition of Shakespeare's dramatic works that included all but two of his plays. Its Preface was a prescient poem by Ben Jonson that hailed Shakespeare with the now famous epithet: "not of an age, but for all time".

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Date of Birth 26 April 1564

Age at the time of death 51 years old

Zodiac sign Taurus Taurus - loyal and responsible The main features of the representatives of the sign of Taurus are: serenity, endurance, as well as some passivity. They calmly endure the blows inflicted by fate, but do not retreat from the intended path. No one mana…

Zodiac Compatibility	%
Virgo	100%
Pisces	96%
Taurus	96%
Capricorn	92%
Scorpio	88%
Libra	88%
Cancer	84%
Aries	80%
Aquarius	76%
Sagittarius	68%
Gemini	68%
Leo	64%

Slavic horoscope Aurochs Born under the Aurochs sign of the Slavic horoscope, people often combine mythic memory with practical steadiness — reading cycles early and standing firm for those they call their own.

Zodiac Compatibility	%
Wolf	96%
Finist	92%
Elk	92%
Fox	92%
Aurochs	88%
Eagle	84%
Horse	84%
Bear	84%
Boar	80%
Virgin	76%
Lynx	76%
Stork	76%
Raven	76%
Swan	64%
Pike	64%
Serpent	56%

Egyptian horoscope Horus The Egyptian sign of Horus reflects divine patronage and a particular season of character in the ancient calendar. People born under this deity often feel motives early and carry a recognizable moral gravity.

Zodiac Compatibility	%
Anubis	96%
Thoth	92%
Horus	88%
Osiris	84%
Mut	84%
Sekhmet	80%
Isis	80%
Bastet	76%
Set	76%
Geb	76%
Nile	60%
Amun-Ra	56%

Druid horoscope Willow Willow holds intuition, soft power and creative perception. Born 15 April to 12 May, Willow people bend without breaking and feel what is left unspoken.

Zodiac Compatibility	%
Alder	96%
Hawthorn	92%
Willow	88%
Holly	84%
Oak	84%
Birch	84%
Rowan	80%
Vine	76%
Hazel	76%
Ash	76%
Elder	64%
Reed	64%
Ivy	60%

Indian horoscope Mesha The Vedic rashi Mesha carries a sidereal rhythm of Jyotish — temperament, dharma leanings, and the ruling graha color how a person acts and chooses.

Zodiac Compatibility	%
Vrishabha	92%
Mesha	88%
Simha	84%
Karka	84%
Mithuna	80%
Kanya	76%
Makara	64%
Dhanu	64%
Vrishchika	60%
Tula	56%
Meena	36%
Kumbha	36%

Flower horoscope Lily of the valley The flower talisman Lily of the valley reflects character through nature’s calendar — sensitivity, aesthetic sense, and seasonal rhythm shape daily choices.

Zodiac Compatibility	%
Tulip	96%
Purslane	96%
Magnolia	96%
Lily	96%
Daisy	92%
Bellflower	92%
Chamomile	92%
Dahlia	92%
Hydrangea	92%
Foxglove	92%
Lily of the valley	88%
Lilac	84%
Camellia	84%
Delphinium	84%
Rose	84%
Water lily	84%
Belladonna	84%
Immortelle	84%
Heather	80%
Sunflower	80%
Mimosa	80%
Gentian	80%
Freesia	76%
Aster	76%
Carnation	76%
Wild rose	76%
Violet	76%
Poppy	76%
Mistletoe	76%
Thistle	76%
Dandelion	64%
Gladiolus	64%
Peony	60%
Edelweiss	56%
Lotus	56%
Orchid	56%

Decan horoscope Taurus — 2nd decan The Taurus — 2nd decan decan refines your zodiac sign with a sub-ruler accent — temperament, decision style, and inner strengths differ even within the same sun sign.

Zodiac Compatibility	%
Gemini — 2nd decan	96%
Gemini — 1st decan	96%
Taurus — 1st decan	96%
Aries — 1st decan	96%
Cancer — 1st decan	92%
Gemini — 3rd decan	92%
Taurus — 3rd decan	92%
Aries — 3rd decan	92%
Aries — 2nd decan	92%
Taurus — 2nd decan	88%
Scorpio — 1st decan	84%
Virgo — 3rd decan	84%
Virgo — 2nd decan	84%
Leo — 1st decan	84%
Cancer — 3rd decan	84%
Libra — 3rd decan	80%
Virgo — 1st decan	80%
Cancer — 2nd decan	80%
Libra — 2nd decan	76%
Libra — 1st decan	76%
Leo — 3rd decan	76%
Leo — 2nd decan	76%
Aquarius — 3rd decan	64%
Aquarius — 2nd decan	64%
Capricorn — 1st decan	64%
Sagittarius — 3rd decan	64%
Scorpio — 2nd decan	64%
Aquarius — 1st decan	60%
Sagittarius — 2nd decan	60%
Pisces — 1st decan	56%
Capricorn — 3rd decan	56%
Capricorn — 2nd decan	56%
Sagittarius — 1st decan	56%
Scorpio — 3rd decan	56%
Pisces — 3rd decan	40%
Pisces — 2nd decan	36%

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