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1788–1824
A dazzling and scandalous voice of the Romantic age, he wrote with equal force about passion, exile, wit, and restless longing. Best known for Childe Harold's Pilgrimage and Don Juan, he became one of Europe's first true literary celebrities.

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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
Born in London on January 22, 1788, and known to readers as Lord Byron, he was one of the central poets of the British Romantic movement. His writing mixed emotional intensity with sharp humor and a vivid sense of drama, and poems such as Childe Harold's Pilgrimage quickly made him famous.
His life was almost as legendary as his work. Travel, political speech, public scandal, and turbulent relationships all helped shape his image, and the figure of the proud, haunted outsider in his poetry became so influential that it inspired the term "Byronic hero." Alongside his darker and more passionate verse, he also wrote with a lively satirical edge, especially in Don Juan.
In his final years, he threw his energy behind the Greek struggle for independence from Ottoman rule. He died in Missolonghi on April 19, 1824, at just 36, but his poetry, personality, and larger-than-life reputation have kept him at the center of literary history ever since.