FAMOUS PLAYWRIGHT POET AND OTHERS
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE
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He is appointed bailiff, or mayor of Stratford at the end of his life.
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He is able to buy The Globe Theatre and retire shortly thereafter.
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He is buried in front of the altar at Holy Trinity Church.
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Everyone is London talks about him and his plays.
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Detailed explanation-1: -Holy Trinity Church – William Shakespeare was born in Henley Street, Stratford-upon-Avon in 1564 on St. George’s day (23rd April) and died on the same day in 1616 (although no records were kept in those days). He was both baptised and buried inside the Holy Trinity Church and is a popular with visitors to Stratford.
Detailed explanation-2: -It was unusual for anyone to be buried inside the church (rather than in the surrounding graveyard), and Shakespeare managed this by buying a tithe deed for £440 which gave him the right to have a grave in the chancel of the church, to have his final resting place alongside other family members.
Detailed explanation-3: -In total, 17 monarchs are buried in Westminster Abbey. Added to that there are 600 memorials including for such geniuses as William Shakespeare, Charles Darwin, Sir Isaac Newton, Charles Dickens, William Wordsworth, Stephen Hawking, Sir Winston Churchill and T S Elliot.
Detailed explanation-4: -Shakespeare was probably educated at the King’s New School, Stratford-upon-Avon, where he would have learned such subjects as Latin, Greek, rhetoric, and logic. He is next recorded in the licence to allow him to marry Anne Hathaway issued on 27 November 1582.