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Lord Byron. George Gordon Byron, 6th Baron Byron, FRS (22 January 1788 – 19 April 1824) was a British poet and peer. [1] [2] He is one of the major figures of the Romantic movement, [3] [4] [5] and is regarded as being among the greatest of English poets. [6]
Jul 31, 2024 · Lord Byron, British Romantic poet whose published works and personality captured the imagination of Europe during his lifetime. His greatest poem, Don Juan, is a witty satirical commentary that exposes the hypocrisy underlying social and sexual conventions.
Jan 22, 2012 · The most flamboyant and notorious of the major English Romantic poets, George Gordon, Lord Byron, was likewise the most fashionable poet of the early…
Read a biography of the 19th century romantic poet Lord Byron who according to his peers was 'mad, bad and dangerous to know'.
Jun 29, 2019 · Lord Byron is considered one of the greatest British writers and poets of his time. He is remembered as a leader of romanticism.
George Gordon Byron, 6th Baron Byron of Rochdale, better known as the poet Lord Byron, was born 22 January 1788 in Holles Street, London, England, and from 2 years old raised by his mother in Aberdeen, Scotland before moving back to England aged 10.
Lord George Gordon Byron was an English poet and Romanticist who could largely be called the first historical celebrity. Notorious, often spoken about, direly hated, or slavishly worshipped, Lord Byron has gone down in history as being outrageous and outspoken, and, as Lady Caroline Lamb put it, ‘mad, bad, and dangerous to know’.
Jun 10, 2018 · George Gordon, Lord Byron (1788-1824) was one of the most famous English poets of second-generation Romanticism, and thanks to his colourful private life, he was certainly the most controversial.
Lord Byron may be regarded as one of England’s finest poets, but did you know he had a pet bear and a penchant for drinking from human skulls?
Sep 20, 2012 · George Gordon Byron, sixth Lord Byron (b. 1788–d. 1824), was one of the most important poets of the British romantic period and one of the most prominent public figures in Regency England.
