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1788–1824
A dazzling, scandalous voice of the Romantic era, his poetry pairs wit, feeling, and restless adventure. Best known for works like Don Juan and Childe Harold’s Pilgrimage, he helped turn the poet into a literary celebrity.

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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 writers of the Romantic movement and one of the most famous literary figures of his age. He inherited his title while still young, studied at Harrow and Trinity College, Cambridge, and rose to sudden fame after the publication of the early cantos of Childe Harold’s Pilgrimage.
His writing ranges from passionate lyric poems to sharp, playful satire, but it is often marked by energy, glamour, and a sense of rebellion. Don Juan, his great comic epic, shows his brilliance at mixing humor, storytelling, and social criticism, while many readers have also been drawn to the larger-than-life image of the “Byronic hero” associated with his work.
Byron spent much of his later life outside Britain, traveling and writing in Europe. He died in Missolonghi, Greece, in 1824, after supporting the Greek struggle for independence, and his legend has remained as powerful as his poetry ever since.