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Biography of George Bernard Shaw

George Bernard Shaw was an Irish playwright, philosopher, and novelist, renowned as one of the greatest playwrights who wrote in English, second only to Shakespeare.

He was born on July 26, 1856, in Dublin, Ireland.

John bernard books biography of george

Shaw's father suffered a business failure and turned to alcohol, while his mother, disillusioned with marriage, pursued a career in singing. Shaw did not learn much in the schools he attended, but he gained a wealth of knowledge from books by authors such as Charles Dickens, William Shakespeare, John Bunyan, the Bible, Arabian Nights, as well as from listening to operas and oratorios performed by his mother, and observing paintings in the Irish National Gallery.

At the age of fifteen, Shaw found employment as a clerk in a land agency firm.

After a year, he became a cashier and held the position for four years. Unable