George Gordon Byron

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English: George Gordon Byron, 6th Baron Byron (January 22, 1788 – April 19, 1824), commonly known as Lord Byron, was the most widely read English language poet of his day.

Français : George Gordon Byron, 6th Baron, poète britannique né le 22 janvier 1788, mort le 19 avril 1824.

[edit] Portrait gallery

[edit] Lord Byron

Dessin de Byron par Harlow
Lord Byron
Lord Byron in Albanian dress, by Thomas Phillips, painted in 1813.
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Joseph-Denis Odevaere: Lord Byron on his Death-bed (1826)
Byron's signature, engraved on a pillar of

[edit] Family

Catherine Gordon, his mother
Father John Byron
Wife Annabella

Daughter Ada Lovelace
Ada
Ada
Illegitimate daughter Allegra

[edit] Lovers

Lady Caroline Lamb
Elizabeth Medora Leigh
Claire Clairmont, Allegra's mother

[edit] Memorials

Plaque in London
Memorial in Missolonghi
memorial in Athens
Memorial in the park of the Villa Borghese
Stamp from Soviet Union

[edit] Byron abroad

Byron at Missolonghi

[edit] Literature

Category:Joseph Emanuel Hilscher - Gedichte (contains many translations of his poems to German language)

Poem „Die Schönheit“

[edit] Illustrations of Byron's works

[edit] Childe Harold's Pilgrimage

First page to the Dugdale edition
Turner, 1826

[edit] The Giaour

Eugène Delacroix, Combat of the Giaour and the Pasha, 1827, Art Institute of Chicago
Eugène Delacroix, Combat of the Giaour and the Pasha, 1833, Musée du Petit Palais, Paris