The Childhood & Education of William Shakespeare
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Elizabethan Education - The Childhood & Education of William Shakespeare THE CHILDHOOD AND EDUCATION OF WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE There are no specific records relating William Shakespeare's attendance at school but the following details can be assumed as being a reasonable accurate reflection of his childhood, school days and education. William Shakespeare's parents were both illiterate but because of John Shakespeare's standing in the community, and the fact that with his election to the position of Alderman came the free education of his children, it is safe to assume that he took full advantage of this fringe benefit! So William Shakespeare was no doubt given a free education. Nothing is known nowadays about how long William Shakespeare attended school or how long his education lasted but Nicholas Rowe (first editor of Shakespeare's Works, after the Folio editions, and his first biographer in 1709) reported that "...the want of his assistance at Home, forc'd his Father to withdraw him from thence" . Rowe's source was the actor Thomas Betterton (1634-1710), who made "a journey to Warwickshire on purpose to gather up what remains he could, of a name for which he had so great a veneration." We therefore make the assumption that William Shakespeare at least attended King Edward VI Grammar School and received an education in Stratford from the age of 7 in 1571 and left school and formal education when he was fourteen in 1578. The school is also referred to as the King's New School and was named according to a charter by King Edward VI (Queen Elizabeth's younger brother) in 1553.
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| Date | Created On:09-Nov-2003 19:47:06 UTC Last Updated On:03-May-2012 20:46:23 UTC Expiration Date:09-Nov-2017 19:47:06 UTC |