(September 21, 1869 – June 25, 1950) was an American inventor.
Shakespeare was born to William Shakespeare, Sr.
and Lydia A.
Markley in Kalamazoo, Michigan, in 1869.He invented the level-winding fishing reel.
Shakespeare also founded and was one of the key people of Shakespeare Fishing Tackle.
which he founded in 1897, as a fisherman aiming to improve the fishing-reel mechanism.
He was a traveling salesman of patent medicines.In addition to numerous fishing-tackle innovations, Shakespeare also received patents for camera equipment.