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Byron (other)
Byron usually refers to the English poet and writer George Gordon Byron, 6th Baron Byron (1788–1824), commonly known as Lord Byron. Byron may also refer to: People and fictional characters * Byron (name), including lists of people and fictional characters with the surname or given name Places United States * Byron, California, a census-designated place * Byron, Georgia, a city * Byron, Illinois, a city ** Byron Nuclear Generating Station * Byron, LaPorte County, Indiana * Byron, Parke County, Indiana * Byron, Maine, a town * Byron, Michigan, a village * Byron, Nevada, a ghost town * Byron, Minnesota, a city * Byron, Missouri, an unincorporated community * Byron, Nebraska, a village * Byron, New York, a town * Byron, Ohio, an unincorporated community * Byron, Oklahoma, a town * Byron Township (other) * Lake Byron (South Dakota) * Byron, Fond du Lac County, Wisconsin, a town ** Byron (community), Fond du Lac County, Wisconsin, an unincorporated community within the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Gordon Byron, 6th Baron Byron
George Gordon Byron, 6th Baron Byron (22 January 1788 – 19 April 1824), known simply as Lord Byron, was an English romantic poet and peer. He was one of the leading figures of the Romantic movement, and has been regarded as among the greatest of English poets. Among his best-known works are the lengthy narratives ''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, later traveling extensively across Europe to places such as Italy, where he lived for seven years in Venice, Ravenna, and Pisa after he was forced to flee England due to lynching threats. During his stay in Italy, he frequently visited his friend and fellow poet Percy Bysshe Shelley. Later in life Byron joined the Greek War of Independence fighting the Ottoman Empire and died leading a campaign during that war, for which Greeks revere him as a folk hero. He died in 1824 at the age of 36 from ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
