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how much formal education did Shakespeare have?

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Of the limited amount of information we actually have about Shakespeare's life, it is commonly accepted that he only got through Grammar School (Kings New School) in Stratford-Upon-Avon. Remember, education wasn't as common and readily available in Elizabethan England as it is in our society.

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