FAMOUS PLAYWRIGHT POET AND OTHERS
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE
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Henry
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Jon
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Mary
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Anthony
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Detailed explanation-1: -Who was William Shakespeare’s father? John Shakespeare was the father of William Shakespeare. John was probably born in the 1520s, the son of successful farmer Richard Shakespeare from Snitterfield (a village around two miles from Stratford-upon-Avon).
Detailed explanation-2: -John Shakespeare ( c. 1531 – 7 September 1601) was an English businessman in Stratford-upon-Avon and the father of William Shakespeare. He was a glover and whittawer (leather worker) by trade.
Detailed explanation-3: -John Shakespeare was an ambitious man; not content with a life of farming he moved to the urban centre of Stratford before 1552 as an apprentice glover and tanner of leathers. John Shakespeare prospered and began to deal in farm products and wool.
Detailed explanation-4: -Shakespeare’s paternal grandfather was Richard Shakespeare. Richard Shakespeare was a tenant farmer in Snitterfield, a village about four miles from Stratford. He was constantly in trouble for grazing too many cattle on common land then not attending court.