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1788–1824
A dazzling, rebellious voice of the Romantic age, this poet turned travel, scandal, love, and political passion into some of the most memorable verse in English. His work can be witty, melancholy, dramatic, and surprisingly modern all at once.

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by Baron George Gordon Byron Byron

by Baron George Gordon Byron Byron

by Baron George Gordon Byron Byron

by Baron George Gordon Byron Byron

by Baron George Gordon Byron Byron

by Baron George Gordon Byron Byron

by Baron George Gordon Byron Byron

by Baron George Gordon Byron Byron

by Baron George Gordon Byron Byron

by Baron George Gordon Byron Byron

by Baron George Gordon Byron Byron

by Baron George Gordon Byron Byron

by Baron George Gordon Byron Byron

by Baron George Gordon Byron Byron

by Baron George Gordon Byron Byron

by Baron George Gordon Byron Byron

by Baron George Gordon Byron Byron

by Baron George Gordon Byron Byron

by Baron George Gordon Byron Byron

by Baron George Gordon Byron Byron

by Baron George Gordon Byron Byron

by Baron George Gordon Byron Byron

by Baron George Gordon Byron Byron

by Baron George Gordon Byron Byron

by Baron George Gordon Byron Byron

by Baron George Gordon Byron Byron

by Baron George Gordon Byron Byron

by Baron George Gordon Byron Byron

by Baron George Gordon Byron Byron
Born in London in 1788, Lord Byron became one of the defining figures of the Romantic movement and one of the most famous writers of his era. He inherited the title Baron Byron while still a child, studied at Harrow and Trinity College, Cambridge, and rose to sudden fame after the publication of the early cantos of Childe Harold’s Pilgrimage.
Byron is especially remembered for major works such as Childe Harold’s Pilgrimage and Don Juan, along with many shorter poems that remained widely loved. His public life was as legendary as his writing: admired, criticized, and endlessly discussed, he became a symbol of the brilliant, restless, larger-than-life literary hero.
In his final years he left Britain and lived abroad, eventually joining the Greek cause in the War of Independence. He died in Missolonghi in 1824, at just 36, and his early death helped fix his reputation as both a great poet and a lasting cultural icon.