1. George Bernard Shaw By: Ebony Brown

2. Who he was • He was an Irish playwright . • He was a cofounder of the London School of Economics.

3. Early years and family • George Bernard Shaw was born in Synge Street, Dublin in 1856 to George Carr Shaw. • He had two sisters,  Lucinda Frances, and Elinor Agnes

4. Education • Shaw briefly attended the Wesley College, Dublin, a grammar school operated by the Methodist Church in Ireland. •  Later, he painstakingly detailed the reasons for his aversion to formal education in his Treatise on Parents and Children.

5. His personal life and political activism • He became a dedicated Socialist and a charter member of the Fabian Society, a middle class organization established in 1884 to promote the gradual spread of socialism by peaceful means.

8. Final years • During his later years, Shaw enjoyed attending to the grounds at Shaw's Corner. • He died at the age of 94, of renal failure precipitated by injuries incurred by falling while pruning a tree.

9. Novels • Shaw wrote five unsuccessful novels at the start of his career between 1879 and 1883. Eventually all were published. • The first to be printed was Cashel Byron's Profession (1886), which was written in 1882.

10. Plays • The texts of plays by Shaw mentioned in this section, with the dates when they were written and first performed can be found in Complete Plays and Prefaces. • haw began working on his first play destined for production, Widowers Houses, in 1885 in collaboration with critic William Archer, who supplied the structure.