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Shakespeare authorship research report William Shakespeare one of the greatest to ever write is still questioned for his authenticity of his works. Shakespeare was believed to be born on April 26, 1564 (the date he was also baptized) and died on April 23, 1616 (death remains a mystery). Shakespeare was born in Stratford- upon – Avon, the son of a Glover maker and a daughter of a affluent landowning farmer. William attended a grammar school named Kings new kings school located in Stratford – Upon – Avon, he attended it from the age of 7 till the age of 14 (never confirmed that he went). He would then go on to write some of the greatest works of all time or did he?, some people believe that William did not write his works they believe that someone else did …show more content…
Edward was a nobleman, poet, and champion jouster. Edward received excellent education before he went on to serve the House of Lords. He spent most of his life as a regular fixture in the Queen’s court but he also labeled himself as a patron of the theater and a lyrical poet. One more Reasoning is that Edward might have written the plays is that no works of his ever survived or found which made him a good candidate as a ghostwriter for Shakespeare. Edward was also praised for his great poetry and plays, but during his time he was part of the theater scene in London which also Shakespeare was too. Edward also traveled a lot which made him able to write about nobility and royalty which were depicted in plays that Shakespeare wrote. It was also shown that they have also studied Edward’s biography closely and found many parallels between his life in court and characters and events in Shakespeare’s writings. Last is that de Vere’s family that financed the publication of the first folio of Shakespeare’s writing in 1623, which might mean that they were financing Edwards writing