Lord Byron

22 January 1788 – 19 April 1824

George Gordon Byron, 6th Baron Byron (1788-1824), was an English poet and a leading figure of the Romantic movement, famous for works such as Childe Harold's Pilgrimage and Don Juan. Celebrated and notorious across Europe for his poetry and his flamboyant life, he died while supporting the Greek War of Independence.

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Born in London
22 January 1788

George Gordon Byron was born in London; he inherited the barony and Newstead Abbey at the age of ten on the death of his great-uncle.

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Educated at Harrow and Trinity College, Cambridge
1801 – 1808

Byron attended Harrow School from 1801 and entered Trinity College, Cambridge, in 1805, where he ran up debts and published his first poems.

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Grand Tour of the Mediterranean and the Levant
2 July 1809 – July 1811

Byron traveled through Portugal, Spain, Albania, Greece, and Turkey, gathering the experiences that inspired Childe Harold's Pilgrimage.

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Published Childe Harold's Pilgrimage, Cantos I-II
10 March 1812

The first two cantos of Childe Harold's Pilgrimage made Byron instantly famous; he remarked, 'I awoke one morning and found myself famous.'

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Married Annabella Milbanke
2 January 1815

Byron married Anne Isabella 'Annabella' Milbanke at Seaham; the marriage collapsed within a year amid scandal.

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Birth of his daughter Ada Lovelace
10 December 1815

Byron's only legitimate child, Augusta Ada, was born in London; she later became famous as the mathematician Ada Lovelace.

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Left England permanently
25 April 1816

Amid separation proceedings, debts, and scandal, Byron left England for the Continent, never to return; that summer at Lake Geneva he befriended the Shelleys.

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Began publishing Don Juan
15 July 1819

The first cantos of Byron's satirical epic Don Juan appeared anonymously; the poem, continued until his death, is considered his masterpiece.

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Joined the Greek War of Independence
16 July 1823 – 19 April 1824

Byron sailed to Greece to support the fight against Ottoman rule, arriving at Missolonghi in January 1824, where he helped fund and organize forces.

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Died at Missolonghi, Greece
19 April 1824

Byron died of fever at Missolonghi at the age of 36 and is honored as a national hero in Greece.

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