English poet, dramatist, and actor; considered by many to be the greatest dramatist of all time. A number of Shakespeare's plays, such as HAMLET and ROMEO AND JULIET, are among the most famous literary works in the world. Shakespeare was the most popular dramatist of his age and the first to appeal to and to meet with the full approval of a broad and mixed public, embracing almost all levels of society. He possessed a large vocabulary for his day, employing 29,066 different words in his plays. By comparison the average modern English-speaking person uses approximately 2,000 words in everyday speech.

Shakespeare:
Author of the following books and novels: Henry VI  Part 1,The Comedy of errrors, Richard III, The Taming of the Shrew, Love's Labour Lost, Hamlet, Othello, King Lear, Macbeth, Cymbeline, The Winters Tale, The Tempest, plus many other Shakespeare works and plays.
 

Further reading: William Shakespeare biographies ; The Complete Works of William Shakespeare - There is not much records of Shakespeare´s personal life. Rumours arise from time to time that he did not write his plays, but the real author was Christopher Marlowe, Queen Elizabeth or Edward De Vere (1550-1604), whom T.J. Looney identified in 1920 as the author of Shakespeare's plays. A large body of 'Oxfordians' have since built on this claim. According to some numerologists, Shakespeare wrote The King James Version of the Bible at the age of 46. Their "evidence": Shake is the 46th word of the 46th Psalm, Spear is the 46th word from the end in the 46th Psalm.