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class="odd"><td><a href="/work/4765857" data-workid="4765857" data-title="Ink-and-Steel" target="_top" class="" >Ink and Steel</a> by <a href="/author/bearelizabeth">Elizabeth Bear</a></td><td class="order">William Shakespeare's father</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/work/13350871" data-workid="13350871" data-title="The-Man-in-the-Snow" target="_top" class="" >The Man in the Snow</a> by <a href="/author/clementsrory">Rory Clements</a></td><td class="order"></td></tr><tr class="odd"><td><a href="/work/8110490" data-workid="8110490" data-title="Martyr" target="_top" class="" >Martyr</a> by <a href="/author/clementsrory">Rory Clements</a></td><td class="order"></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/work/10804457" data-workid="10804457" data-title="Prince" target="_top" class="" >Prince</a> by <a href="/author/clementsrory">Rory Clements</a></td><td class="order"></td></tr><tr class="odd"><td><a href="/work/14599328" data-workid="14599328" data-title="The-Queens-Man" target="_top" class="" >The Queen's Man</a> by <a href="/author/clementsrory">Rory Clements</a></td><td class="order"></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/work/9808590" data-workid="9808590" data-title="Revenger" target="_top" class="" >Revenger</a> by <a href="/author/clementsrory">Rory Clements</a></td><td class="order"></td></tr><tr class="odd"><td><a href="/work/11796724" data-workid="11796724" data-title="The-Secret-Life-of-William-Shakespeare" target="_top" class="" >The Secret Life of William Shakespeare</a> by <a href="/author/morganjude-1">Jude Morgan</a></td><td class="order"></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/work/11587171" data-workid="11587171" data-title="Traitor" target="_top" class="" >Traitor</a> by <a href="/author/clementsrory">Rory Clements</a></td><td class="order"></td></tr></table></div></section></div> <a name="bottom"></a></div></main><div id="lt_altsidebar" class="lt2_sidebar lt_altsidebar" ><div class="dyn_nav_menu" data-observe-resizes ><div class="sidebar_group rightcontent"><div class="sidebar_content lt2_nogrouptitle "><div class="greenbox"><h2 class="first">Character description</h2><div><div style="width:100%;"><table class="fwikiGroup" id="6e59f8" data-fwiki_field="u_bf2915a6" data-fwiki_fieldname="" ><tr><td class="fwikiLabel">Description</td><td class='fwikiField' id='u_bf2915a6' itemType='104' itemNum='1581457208' fieldType='14' name='u_bf2915a6' allowmultiple='0' hasHistory = '1' fieldName = 'description' uitype = '3' ltlang='eng' hint = 'This is a general description. It is not a review.' ><div class="ckDisplayItems"><div class="fwikiItemText form-control fwikiItemTextLong fwikiItemTextUnknownUser" >1) John Shakespeare (c. 1531 – 7 September 1601) was a glove-maker, farmer, and business man in Stratfor-on-Avon, but he is most famous for being the father of the playwrite William Shakespeare.<br><br><a href='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Shakespeare' rel='nofollow' target='_new'>John Shakespeare in Wikipedia</a></div></div><form class="ckEditItems" onsubmit="void(0);" action=""> <button type="submit" disabled style="display: none" aria-hidden="true"></button><input type="hidden" value="104" name="itemType" class="ckparam_data" /><input type="hidden" value="1581457208" name="itemNum" class="ckparam_data" /><input type="hidden" value="description" name="fieldName" class="ckparam_data" /><input type="hidden" value="14" name="fieldType" class="ckparam_data" /><input type="hidden" value="eng" name="lang" class="ckparam_data" /><input type="hidden" value="eb34" name="uniqueid" class="ckparam_data" /><div class="ck_input_wrapper"><div></div><textarea name="values[]" id="u_38f5" class="form-control ckinputfield fwikiFormInputItem" >1) John Shakespeare (c. 1531 – 7 September 1601) was a glove-maker, farmer, and business man in Stratfor-on-Avon, but he is most famous for being the father of the playwrite William Shakespeare.<br><br><a href='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Shakespeare' rel='nofollow' target='_new'>John Shakespeare in Wikipedia</a></textarea class="" ><i class="fas fa-times-circle lt2_delete_X"></i></div><div class="ck_hint note">This is a general description. 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