William Shakespeare was born in April 1564 in Stratford-upon-Avon in Warwickshire. His father was a glover and wills dealer and his mother was the daughter of a landowner. It is said that Shakespeare was probably educated at the local King Edward VI Grammar School in Stratford, where he is said to have studied Latin, Greek and read Roman dramas. At the age of 18, he married a local farmer's daughter, Anne Hathaway, on November 28, 1582. At the time of their union, Anne was 26 years old. Just six months after their marriage, Anne gave birth to the couple's first child, Susanna. . Two years later they had twins Judith and Hamnet. Their son later died 11 years later, of unknown causes. Shakespeare's activities from 1585 to 1592 are what some call "the lost years", referring to the lack of records relating to Shakespeare's life. The next record of him is in 1592, when he was traveling to London, without his family working in the theater, and being mentioned in a pamphlet as an "upstart crow". In 1593 and 1594 “Venus and Adonis” and “The Rape of Lucerne”, the works of Shakespeare ...