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It lists William Shakespeare of Avon amongst the great writers of the time, which was considered a golden bullet that could be proof of Shakespeare's authorship, but the counter-argument is that Camden could have simply been playing along.
And one of the guys who defended him was a man named William Camden, who this guy in the video referred to as one of the most learned men in all of England. He was actually Ben Johnson's schoolmaster...
— Episode: Did Shakespeare really write all that st...
Episode: Did Shakespeare really write all that stuff?
It lists William Shakespeare of Avon amongst the great writers of the time, which was considered a golden bullet that could be proof of Shakespeare's authorship, but the counter-argument is that Camden could have simply been playing along.
And one of the guys who defended him was a man named William Camden, who this guy in the video referred to as one of the most learned men in all of England. He was actually Ben Johnson's schoolmaster and apparently just knew everything on happening on the literary scene inside and out. And in one of his books, he, it was called the remains of a greater history. He talks about all the great writers of the time and he lists William Shakespeare of Avon in that book.