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Hamnet Shakespeare. A 19th-century engraving imagining Shakespeare's family life. Hamnet stands behind Shakespeare, left of centre. Hamnet Shakespeare ( baptised 2 February 1585 – buried 11 August 1596) was the only son of William Shakespeare and Anne Hathaway, and the fraternal twin of Judith Shakespeare.
- 2 February 1585
- English
- Buried 11 August 1596 (aged 11), Stratford-upon-Avon, England
- Stratford-upon-Avon, England
Hamnet died at the age of 11 and was buried in the churchyard at Holy Trinity in Stratford-upon-Avon on 11 August 1596. The cause of death was not routinely recorded in the parish records, so Hamnet’s death is unknown and it is not clear whether his father was able to attend his funeral in Stratford. In order to view this embedded content ...
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Hamnet Shakespeare was the son of William Shakespeare and his twin brother Judith, and a young brother of Susanna. He died at the age of 11 in August 1596, possibly from the bubonic plague that killed many children in Elizabethan England. Learn more about his life, family, and legacy from this web page.
Cause of death wasn't usually recorded in church records. There's speculation that Hamnet might have died of the plague, but there was no general outbreak of the plague in 1596, and there was no ...
Jul 17, 2020 · In 1596, Hamnet, just 11 years old, died. (The cause of death is unknown; O’Farrell imagines, plausibly, that it was plague.) By then William Shakespeare was an established playwright, living in ...
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Feb 22, 2020 · Maggie O’Farrell is the latest modern writer to explore the mysterious life and early death of Hamnet Shakespeare Vanessa Thorpe Arts and Media Correspondent Sat 22 Feb 2020 14.05 EST Last ...
Jul 21, 2020 · Almost nothing is known about William Shakespeare's son, Hamnet, who died at age 11. NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with Maggie O'Farrell about her new novel, which imagines the boy's life and death.
