Because Ben Jonson called him that. The River Avon flows through Stratford, Shakespeare's home town.
People call him the bard or the Bard of Avon, but they didn't call him that when he was alive. He was called the Swan of Avon shortly after his death, but that was probably poetry. His friends probably called him Will.The Bard of Avon.
Avon
Stratford upon Avon is, as the name says, on the river Avon.
He is sometime called the Bard of Avon. "Bard" means poet and his hometown was on the river Avon.
William's 3 kids grew up in Stromford- upon- avon.
People call him the bard or the Bard of Avon, but they didn't call him that when he was alive. He was called the Swan of Avon shortly after his death, but that was probably poetry. His friends probably called him Will.The Bard of Avon.
Avon
Stratford upon Avon is, as the name says, on the river Avon.
The population of Stratford-upon-Avon during Shakespeare's time is estimated to have been around 1,500 to 2,000 people. It was a small market town located in rural England.
People sometimes call him the Bard of Avon.
He was born in Stratford-upon-Avon, England.
Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire, England.
No, he was born in Stratford-upon-Avon, also in England.
A Bard is a poet. Avon is the name of a river which flows through his hometown. So "Bard of Avon" means the poet who grew up next to the Avon river.
Stratford upon Avon is about 100 miles from Central London.
The beautiful market town of Stratford-upon-Avon, which lies on the River Avon in Warwickshire, England.He lived about half his life in London, England but his hometown was always Stratford-upon-Avon in Warwickshire.
He is sometime called the Bard of Avon. "Bard" means poet and his hometown was on the river Avon.