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Byron C. Nelson
Byron Christopher Nelson (December 23, 1893 – January 2, 1972) was an American Lutheran pastor and an early apologist for creationism. Early life and education Byron Nelson was the second of six children born in Madison, Wisconsin to Thea Johnanna Stondahl Nelson and John M. Nelson, John Mandt Nelson, a United States House of Representatives, U.S. Representative from Wisconsin, who served nine terms in United States Congress, Congress between 1913 and 1933. Byron Nelson's youth was therefore divided between Washington, D.C. and the family home in Madison, where he excelled in athletics and enjoyed oil painting. He graduated from Madison Central High School (Wisconsin), Madison Central High School in 1912 and then attended George Washington University, where he was encouraged by Harriet Earhart Monroe to enter the ministry. After returning to Madison and attending the University of Wisconsin, Nelson was approaching graduation in the spring of 1917 when the United States de ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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George Gordon Byron, 6th Baron Byron (22 January 1788 – 19 April 1824) was an English poet. He is one of the major figures of the Romantic movement, and is regarded as being among the greatest poets of the United Kingdom. Among his best-known works are the lengthy narratives ''Don Juan (poem), Don Juan'' and ''Childe Harold's Pilgrimage''; many of his shorter lyrics in ''Hebrew Melodies'' also became popular. Byron was educated at Trinity College, Cambridge, before he travelled extensively in Europe. He lived for seven years in Italy, in Venice, Ravenna, Pisa and Genoa after he was forced to flee England due to threats of lynching. During his stay in Italy, he would frequently visit his friend and fellow poet Percy Bysshe Shelley. Later in life, Byron joined the Greek War of Independence to fight the Ottoman Empire, for which Greeks revere him as a folk hero. He died leading a campaign in 1824, at the age of 36, from a fever contracted after the First Siege of Missolonghi, f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
