George Gordon Byron, 6th Baron Byron
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George Gordon Byron, 6th Baron Byron 🇬🇧

George Gordon Byron (Known as "Mad, Bad, and Dangerous to Know / Creator of the Byronic Hero")
English Romantic Poet, Peer, Philhellene Revolutionary, Satirist
Born 22 January 1788 🇬🇧 London, Great Britain
Passed Away 19 April 1824 Missolonghi, Greece
Lifespan 36 years old
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Notice / Correction
"She walks in beauty, like the night / Of cloudless climes and starry skies... The heart will break, yet broken live on. (Epitaph at Church of St Mary Magdalene, Hucknall)."

Archival Overview

Flamboyant English Romantic poet who created the brooding, rebellious 'Byronic hero' in Childe Harold's Pilgrimage and Don Juan, dying a hero of the Greek War of Independence at Missolonghi.

Biographical Record

George Gordon Byron, 6th Baron Byron (1788–1824), was the first modern celebrity superstar. Born with a clubfoot, his aristocratic beauty, magnetic charm, and scandalous romantic liaisons led Lady Caroline Lamb to famously characterize him as 'mad, bad, and dangerous to know'. In 1812, upon the publication of the first cantos of Childe Harold's Pilgrimage, Byron remarked: 'I awoke one morning and found myself famous.'

Fleeing England in 1816 amidst scandal, Byron lived across Switzerland and Italy, writing his comic, ottava rima masterpiece Don Juan. In 1823, he sailed to Greece, dedicating his fortune and military leadership to the Greek War of Independence against the Ottoman Empire. Succumbing to marsh fever at Missolonghi at thirty-six, Byron was mourned as a national hero by the Greek people, with his heart buried at Missolonghi.

Key Life Milestones

March 1812 CE

Publication of Childe Harold's Pilgrimage

Published Cantos I and II, awaking famous overnight and establishing the archetype of the Byronic hero.

19 April 1824 CE

Heroic Death in the Greek War of Independence

Died at Missolonghi commanding Greek freedom fighters, forever revered as a founding hero of modern Greece.

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Final Resting Place

Perpetual Memorial
Church of St Mary Magdalene (Byron Family Vault, Hucknall)
Missolonghi, Greece
GPS: 53.0336, -1.2039
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