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George Gordon Byron, 6th Baron Byron, FRS (22 January 1788 – 19 April 1824) was a British 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 British poets. [ 6 ]
Boatswain's Monument at Newstead Abbey A Landseer dog, the breed Byron eulogized, painted by Edwin Henry Landseer, 1802–1873 "Epitaph to a Dog" (also sometimes referred to as "Inscription on the Monument to a Newfoundland Dog") is a poem by the British poet Lord Byron.
Portrait of Lord Byron is a c.1814 portrait painting by the English painter Thomas Phillips of the British aristocrat and poet Lord Byron. [1] [2]Byron had become famous for his narrative poem Childe Harold's Pilgrimage, published in 1812 establishing him as a celebrity in Regency Britain.
The items are from the poet’s final trip to Greece where he died, a country he visited frequently. Collection of Lord Byron’s personal items go on display at Edinburgh University Skip to main ...
In Barker's latest column, she discusses how Greece will mourn the bicentennial of the death of Baron Byron. "And now I give her my life” - The death of Lord Byron and the birth of Modern Greece ...
Thomas Phillips: George Gordon Byron (1788–1824), 6th Baron Byron, Poet ; Artist: Thomas Phillips (1770–1845) ... Location of birth/death: Dudley : London : Work ...
This is a chronology of events in the life of George Gordon Byron, 6th Baron Byron (22 January 1788 – 19 April 1824). Each year links to its corresponding "year in poetry" article: 1788. 22 January – Born, 16 Holles Street, London. 1789. Mother (Catherine Gordon) took lodgings in Queen Street, Aberdeen. 1791
Byron was the son of Richard Byron, 2nd Baron Byron and Elizabeth Rossell. He succeeded to the title of 3rd Baron Byron in 1679 upon the death of his father.. Lord Byron died on 13 November 1695, and was succeeded by his fifth (but only surviving) son William Byron, 4th Baron Byron (born 1669/70).