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William Shakespeare
William Shakespeare, detail of an oil painting attributed to John Taylor, c. 1610. The portrait is called the “Chandos Shakespeare” because it once belonged to the duke of Chandos.
William Shakespeare was born in Stratford-upon-Avon, a town in the county of Warwickshire, England. He was born in 1564 in a half-timbered house located on Henley Street.1