Known as "the Bard," Shakespeare was one of the world's greatest poets and playwrights, known for works like Hamlet and Romeo & Juliet. Where was he from?

The best-known playwright in history, William Shakespeare authored some 38 plays and over a hundred poems and sonnets. "The Bard" even invented some 1,700 words, including arch-villain, cold-blooded, distasteful, engagement, fashionmonger, and the list goes on.

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