William Shakespeare

William Shakespeare (baptised April 26, 1564 – April 23, 1616) was an English poet and playwright who has a reputation as one of the greatest of all writers in the English language and in Western literature, as well as one of the world's pre-eminent dramatists.

Word coinage

Shakespeare provided the first print citations for many of the words (ode, addiction, alligator) and phrases ("my mind's eye," "one fell swoop") that have become and remained household words in our time.

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See: Partial List of Shakespeare's Coinages

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National Geographic Article About Shakespeare's Coinages

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