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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 British poets. [6]
Jun 10, 2018 · A selection of Byron's most famous and influential poems, from the epic Don Juan to the lyric She Walks in Beauty. Learn about the life, themes, and style of the Romantic poet who coined the term 'Byronic hero'.
Sep 14, 2024 · Byron sailed up the Rhine River into Switzerland and settled at Geneva, near Percy Bysshe Shelley and Mary Godwin (soon to be Mary Shelley), who had eloped and were living with Claire Clairmont, Godwin’s half sister. (Byron had begun an affair with Clairmont in England.)
George Gordon Noel Byron was born, with a clubbed right foot, in London on January 22, 1788. He was the son of Catherine Gordon of Gight, an impoverished Scots heiress, and Captain John (“Mad Jack”) Byron, a fortune-hunting widower with a daughter, Augusta.
Feb 26, 2024 · Anthony Lane writes on Lord Byron, who died two hundred years ago this April, and about a new biography, “Byron: A Life in Ten Letters,” by Andrew Stauffer, and a new edition of Byron’s poetry.
Apr 19, 2024 · The beautiful young nobleman was growing middle-aged. “Lord Byron could not have been more than 30,” one visitor remarked, “but he looked 40. His face had become pale, bloated and sallow.
Apr 18, 2024 · Who was Lord Byron? Born George Gordon Byron on 22 January 1788, the poet – one of the famous of the Romantics – was the only son of Captain ‘Mad Jack’ Byron and Catherine Gordon, a Scottish heiress. Catherine relocated to Aberdeen with her infant son in 1789, where she was left to fend for herself after her husband’s exile to avoid ...
