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Lord Byron. George Gordon Byron, 6th Baron Byron, FRS (22 January 1788 – 19 April 1824) was an English 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]
May 28, 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.
Apr 2, 2014 · Lord Byron was one of the leading figures of the Romantic Movement in early 19th century England. The notoriety of his sexual escapades is surpassed only by the beauty and brilliance of his...
Born: January 22, 1788. London, England. Died: April 19, 1824. Missolonghi, Greece. English poet. The English poet Lord Byron was one of the most important figures of the Romantic Movement (1785–1830; a period when English literature was full of virtuous heroes and themes of love and triumph).
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 1800s. He created an immensely popular Romantic hero—defiant, melancholy, haunted by secret guilt—for which, to many, he seemed the model.
Jun 29, 2019 · Occupation: English poet, romanticist. Born: 22 January 1788 in London, England. Died: 19 April 1824 in Missolonghi, Ottoman Empire. Parents: Captain John “Mad Jack” Byron and Catherine Gordon. Education: Trinity College, Cambridge. Publish Works: Hours of Idleness; Childe Harold’s Pilgrimage, She Walks in Beauty, Don Juan.
Read a biography of the 19th century romantic poet Lord Byron who according to his peers was 'mad, bad and dangerous to know'.
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