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Shakespeare authorship question

controversy over whether William Shakespeare wrote the works ascribed to him
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Shakespeare authorship question

Summary

Shakespeare authorship question ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,637 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • Shakespeare authorship question is a type of author[2].
  • Shakespeare authorship question's Commons category is recorded as Shakespeare authorship question[3].
  • Shakespeare authorship question's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Shakespeare authorship question[4].
  • Shakespeare authorship question's facet of is recorded as William Shakespeare[5].

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Definition and Type

Shakespeare authorship question is a type of author[2].

Why It Matters

Shakespeare authorship question ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,637 views/month).[1] It has Wikipedia articles in 16 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[6] It is known by 9 alternative names across languages and contexts.[7]

Related Entities

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [6] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [7] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 5d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-27 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Facet of → William Shakespeare
    Topic's main category → Category:Shakespeare authorship question
    Subclass of → author
    Subclass of → —
    + 1 other property edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|3 */ [[Property:P8189]]: 987007286934605171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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