King James I

2) Time Period

• Born June 19, 1566
• Died March 27, 1625

3) Genre

• King James wrote in Biblical Genre

4) Example

• King James wrote the English version of the bible for those who could not read Latin

5) Childhood

• King james had an unhappy childhood full of various guardians whose treatment of him varied widely.
• His mother, MAry, was the Queen of Scots from 1542-1567. His father, Henry Stewart, was also known as Lord Darnly.

6) Why he started to write

• King James wrote the Bible in English because it was very uncommon for the average person to read LAtin

7) Interesting Fact

• William Shakespeare was one of his subjects.
• Learning and writing thrived under the kings reign

8) Why he is cool

• King James made it his life goal to have everyone under his rule learn to read and write.
• It was a surprising fact to know that King James 1 was the first person to realize the danger of tobacco smoking. At that time, no one noticed his way of thinking. King James 1 elaborated the dangers of tobacco smoking in his “A Counterblast to Tobacco”. People began to notice the danger 350 years after it was written by the king

9) Sources

• http://www.britannica.com
• http://www.victorianweb.org
• http://www.biographyonline.net/writers
• Google