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2 days ago · William Shakespeare (c. 23 April 1564 – 23 April 1616) was an English playwright, poet, and actor. He is widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language and the world's pre-eminent dramatist.
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Shakespeare wrote his works between approximately 1592 and...
- Anne Hathaway
Anne Hathaway (1556 – 6 August 1623) was the wife of William...
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- Judith Quiney
Judith Quiney (baptised 2 February 1585 – 9 February 1662),...
- Life of William Shakespeare
The Chandos portrait, believed to be Shakespeare, held in...
- Religious Views of William Shakespeare
William Shakespeare (National Portrait Gallery), in the...
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William Shakespeare (1564–1616) wrote sonnets on a variety...
- World Shakespeare Bibliography
World Shakespeare Bibliography Online; Producer: Johns...
- Portraits of Shakespeare
From farthest left to right: The Cobbe portrait (1610), The...
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1 day ago · A computer is a machine that can be programmed to automatically carry out sequences of arithmetic or logical operations ( computation ). Modern digital electronic computers can perform generic sets of operations known as programs. These programs enable computers to perform a wide range of tasks. The term computer system may refer to a nominally ...
Apr 10, 2024 · Aug. 13, 1667, Lisburn, County Antrim, Ire. Jeremy Taylor (baptized Aug. 15, 1613, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, Eng.—died Aug. 13, 1667, Lisburn, County Antrim, Ire.) was an Anglican clergyman and writer. Taylor was educated at the University of Cambridge and was ordained in 1633. He never lacked for patrons: Archbishop Laud granted him a ...
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Apr 16, 2024 · Karl Gustav, Count Wrangel (born Dec. 13, 1613, Skokloster, near Uppsala, Swed.—died June 25, 1676, Spieker, Rügen Island, off Pomerania [Germany]) was a Swedish soldier who succeeded Lennart Torstenson as Swedish military and naval commander during the Thirty Years’ War (1618–48) and subsequent Baltic conflicts.
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Apr 1, 2024 · Sir Thomas Overbury (baptized June 18, 1581, Compton Scorpion, Warwickshire, England—died September 15, 1613, London) was an English poet and essayist, victim of an infamous intrigue at the court of James I. His poem A Wife, thought by some to have played a role in precipitating his murder, became widely popular after his death, and the brief ...
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1 day ago · Early life and family. Galileo was born in Pisa (then part of the Duchy of Florence ), Italy, on 15 February 1564, [15] the first of six children of Vincenzo Galilei, a lutenist, composer, and music theorist, and Giulia Ammannati, who had married in 1562. Galileo became an accomplished lutenist himself and would have learned early from his ...
Apr 12, 2024 · In 1613, during a performance of Shakespeare’s Henry VIII (co-written with Fletcher), a mis-fired prop canon caused the thatch roof to catch fire. The entire theatre burnt down within two hours, according to eyewitness reports (miraculously, no one was killed).
