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William Shakespeare
Gulielmus Shakesperius la
English playwright and poet (1564–1616)
- Child of John Shakespeare and Mary Shakespeare
- Married to Anne Hathaway
- Dated April 1564 CE – 23 April 1616 CE (Old Style)
A life on the record,
dated by its sources.
Roles, not beliefs
Overview
From Wikipedia, quoted unmodified under CC BY-SA 4.0; the article’s history is its list of authors.
Life
Affiliation
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What this means
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Belonged toChristianity
Abrahamic monotheistic religion -
Belonged toCatholicism
Christian doctrine professed by the Catholic ChurchDisputed -
Belonged toAnglicanism
Christian tradition developing out of the practices, liturgy and identity of the Church of EnglandDisputed - Belonged to
King's Men ↗
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Family
The family of William Shakespeare
Parents, spouses and children as the records give them.
Documented family only. A teacher, a successor or a patron is never drawn in this tree.
The family as a list · 13
Family 13
What this means
A documented human family relationship. Not a succession mechanism, and not religious transmission.
Does not imply a right to an office · transmission of a teaching · a shared religious affiliation
Imported from Wikidata unless a tile says otherwise. Nothing here has been read by an editor.
- child of (father) John Shakespeare English businessman and father of William Shakespeare (1530–1601)
- child of (mother) Mary Shakespeare mother of William Shakespeare
- parent of (child) Hamnet Shakespeare son of William Shakespeare
- parent of (child) Judith Quiney younger daughter of William Shakespeare
- parent of (child) Susanna Hall eldest child and older daughter of William Shakespeare
- sibling of Anne Shakespeare
- sibling of Edmund Shakespeare brother of William Shakespeare
- sibling of Gilbert Shakespeare brother of William Shakespeare
- sibling of Joan Shakespeare sister of William Shakespeare
- sibling of Joan Shakespeare ( -1611)
- sibling of Margaret Shakespeare (bef. 2 Dec 1562 - before 30 Apr 1563)
- sibling of Richard Shakespeare (1574-1613)
- married to Anne Hathaway wife of William Shakespeare (1556-1623)
Texts
In the texts
Works this figure appears in. A work’s date is the source’s, not this figure’s.
Connections
How William Shakespeare connects
Grouped by the kind of relationship, because a successor is not a son and a shared symbol is not an influence.
Documented influence 8
What this means
A transmission argued from evidence. Not shared symbols, and not a short path through a database.
Does not imply shared symbols as evidence · a short path through a database
Imported from Wikidata unless a tile says otherwise. Nothing here has been read by an editor.
- was influenced by Christopher Marlowe
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was influenced by Ovid Roman poet (43 BC – 17/18 AD) - was influenced by Plautus
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was influenced by Plutarch Greek philosopher and historian (c. AD 46 – after AD 119) - was influenced by Seneca
- was influenced by Thomas Kyd
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influenced Fyodor Dostoyevsky Russian novelist (1821–1881) -
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influenced Johann Wolfgang von Goethe German writer, artist, natural scientist and politician (1749–1832)
Sources
Sources and evidence
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25 statements on this record
- 20 Has references The statement cites something outside Wikimedia. That citation has not been checked here.
- 3 Imported Taken from Wikidata as it stands. Nobody here has read it. 1 of them cite only Wikipedia: one source, counted once.
- 2 Disputed The source records a disagreement, and the disagreement is kept rather than resolved.
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- Pictures
- Wikimedia Commons · each file’s own terms
Review
Not yet read by an editor here. Every relationship on this page is an import.
Disagreements are kept, not resolved, and a count of sources is not a confidence score.
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