William Shakespeare was born on 23 April 1564 in Stratford-upon-Avon, United Kingdom. At seven he started school and attended Stratford Grammar School. http://literarygenius.info/william-shakespeare-born.htm Age fourteen; Shakespeare abandoned school and formal education. http://www.william-shakespeare.ino/william-shakespeare-biography-childhood-and-education.htm Four years later Shakespeare married Anne Hathaway in his hometown. In just six months their first daughter Susanna was born. She was baptized on 26 May in Stratford Parish Church. After two years in which Susanna was an only child, Hamnet and Judith were born. Both were baptized on February 2, 1585. http://www.william-shakespeare.info/william-shakespeare-children-and-grandchildren.htm William eventually left Anne and the children with his family and moved to London. He began his career in London. Starting slowly as an actor, writer and even part owner of a theater company. The company was called The Chamberlain's Men. Between 1589 and 1613 Shakespeare produced almost all of his plays. His early plays consisted of comedies and stories. He later wrote mainly tragedies until 1608. His works were known in four categories, which were comedies, tragedies, histories and novels. Shakespeare is not only known for writing plays, but also for writing poetry. He is said to have written 38 plays, 154 sonnets, and two other long narrative poems. http://poemhunter.com/william-shakespeare/biography/ Having such an amazing career, Shakespeare had many colleagues and people who admired him. Christopher Marlowe, known as Shakespeare's literary peer. Who perhaps has a hand in Shakespeare's early plays. Marlowe was known for his blank verse, his protagonists, a… medium of paper… er, depression, delirium, and the eruption of red rashes on the skin. http://www.thefreedictionary.com/typhus Shakespeare's life was, in our opinion, rather short, but throughout he made the most of it and I think this is one of the many reasons why we still think of him as “ famous” ”.Works Cited“Gaius Julius Caesar Octavian Augustus”. The Biography.com website. 29 May 2014“Gaius Julius Caesar” Home Page Roman Empire. April 30, 2014Encyclopedia of world biography “Julius Caesar”. April 29, 2014New World Encyclopedia “Julius Caesar”. February 20. 2009