- Born
- January 22, 1788
- Died
- April 19, 1824 (aged 36)
- Known as
- poet, lyricist, politician, autobiographer, translator, diarist
George Noel Gordon Byron, 6th Baron Byron, was a British poet. He was one of the major figures of the Romantic movement, and is regarded as being among the greatest British 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.
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