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George Gordon Noel Byron Byron, 6th Baron
George Gordon Noel Byron Byron, 6th Baron , 1788-1824, English poet and satirist. Early Life and Works He was the son of Capt. John ( "Mad Jack" ) Byron and his second wife, Catherine Gordon of Gight. His father died in 1791, and Byron, born with a clubfoot, was subjected alternately to ... Read more

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Byron, George Gordon, 6th Baron Byron
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to British History Byron, George Gordon, 6th Baron Byron (1788–1824). Succeeded to the barony and Newstead abbey in 1798. After Harrow and Cambridge he embarked on the grand tour and a life of dissipation which provided material for his verses...
Byron, George Gordon Noel Byron, 6th Baron
Book article from: World Encyclopedia Byron, George Gordon Noel Byron, 6th Baron (1788–1824) English poet. After a childhood scarred...he went to Trinity College, Cambridge (1805). Although Byron achieved notice with the satire English Bards and Scotch Reviewers...
George Gordon Noel Byron Byron, 6th Baron
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition George Gordon Noel Byron Byron, 6th Baron , 1788-1824, English poet and satirist...son of Capt. John ( "Mad Jack" ) Byron and his second wife, Catherine Gordon of Gight. His father died in 1791...
George Gordon Noel Byron
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography George Gordon Noel Byron The English poet George Gordon Noel Byron, 6th Baron Byron (1788-1824), was one of the most important figures of the romantic movement. Because of his works, active life, and physical beauty he came to be considered...

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Byron, George Gordon, 6th Baron Byron
Book article from: A Dictionary of British History Byron, George Gordon, 6th Baron Byron (1788–1824). Poet. He succeeded to the barony and Newstead abbey in 1798. After Harrow and Cambridge he embarked on the grand tour which provided material for his verses, in 1812 waking to...

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Poets & pugilists: Byron's love affair with bare-knuckle boxing was shared by many of his fellow Romantics, who celebrated this most brutal of sports in verse. John Strachan examines an unlikely match.
Magazine article from: History Today; 1/1/2009; ; 700+ words ; ...British Romanticism. This was George Gordon, the 6th Baron Byron, who was to take his seat in...works of Alexander Pope, Lord Byron also possessed a taste for sport...the Hellespont is well known (Byron's athleticism--like his...
The Byronic woman; Emily Byron is descended from 19th-century poet and bad boy Lord Byron, but the 18-year-old model has never even read a biography of her famous ancestor. Can she live up to his reputation of being 'mad, bad and dangerous to know'?
Newspaper article from: The Mail on Sunday (London, England); 1/26/2003; ; 700+ words ; ...is one that up-and-coming model Emily Byron hears a lot. 'People often ask, not expecting...she laughs. For Emily is a descendant of George Gordon Noel, 6th Baron Byron, otherwise known as Lord Byron, the infamous 19th-century Romantic poet...