Lord Byron - Wikipedia When Byron's great-uncle, who was posthumously labelled the "wicked" Lord Byron, died on 21 May 1798, the 10-year-old became the sixth Baron Byron of Rochdale and inherited the ancestral home, Newstead Abbey in Nottinghamshire
Lord Byron | Biography, Poems, Don Juan, Daughter, Facts - Britannica 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
Lord Byron (George Gordon) | The Poetry Foundation 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
Lord Byron Poet - Biography, Age and Married Life Lord Byron, born George Gordon Byron, was a remarkable poet and a key figure of the Romantic Movement, known for his tumultuous lifestyle and literary genius He passed away at the young age of 36 while pursuing heroism in Greece
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Lord Byron - Short Stories and Classic Literature Englishman George Gordon Byron (1788 - 1824), known simply as Lord Byron, is considered one of the world's greatest poets He was a leading figure in the romantic movement in the 19th century, which began with the sensational release of Childe Harold's Pilgrimage in 1812
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Lord George Gordon Byron - Biography and Works. Search Texts, Read . . . Lord George Gordon Byron (1788-1824) was as famous in his lifetime for his personality cult as for his poetry He created the concept of the 'Byronic hero' - a defiant, melancholy young man, brooding on some mysterious, unforgivable event in his past