Edward de Vere Biography

Edward de Vere biography

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NAME: Edward de Vere
OCCUPATION: Poet
BIRTH DATE: April 12, 1550
DEATH DATE: June 24, 1604
EDUCATION: Cambridge University, Queens' College, St. John's College, Cambridge University
PLACE OF BIRTH: Castle Hedingham, England, United Kingdom
PLACE OF DEATH: Hackney, England, United Kingdom
Full Name: Edward de Vere, 17th Earl of Oxford

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Some people believe it was Edward de Vere, 17th Earl of Oxford, who really wrote the plays attributed to William Shakespeare.

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Born in Castle Hedingham, England, on April 12, 1550, Edward de Vere became the 17th Earl of Oxford upon his father's death in 1562. He was then raised as a ward of Queen Elizabeth in the home of William Cecil. Well educated, Oxford was one of the few noblemen to keep his own troupe of actors. A 1920 book promoted the theory that it was really Oxford who wrote Shakespeare's plays, although he had died before many of them were produced. De Vere died in Hackney, England, on June 24, 1604.