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Lord Byron

1788 - 1824

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George Gordon Byron, 6th Baron Byron (22 January 1788 – 19 April 1824), was an English poet. He is 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. Byron was educated at Trinity College, Cambridge, before he travelled extensively in Europe. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Lord Byron is the 80th most popular writer (down from 8th in 2019), the 72nd most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 6th in 2019) and the 7th most popular British Writer.

He is most famous for his poetry, which includes Childe Harold's Pilgrimage, Don Juan, and the Prisoner of Chillon.

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Among writers, Lord Byron ranks 80 out of 7,302. Before him are Charles Perrault, Umberto Eco, Giacomo Casanova, Sappho, Toni Morrison, and George R. R. Martin. After him are Nikolai Gogol, D. H. Lawrence, Daniel Defoe, Abu Nuwas, Kālidāsa, and Maxim Gorky.

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Among people born in 1788, Lord Byron ranks 2. Before him is Arthur Schopenhauer. After him are Sarah Baartman, Augustin-Jean Fresnel, Archduke Rudolf of Austria, Christian Jürgensen Thomsen, Jean-Victor Poncelet, Ranavalona I, Princess Augusta of Bavaria, Infante Carlos, Count of Molina, Étienne Cabet, and Antoine César Becquerel. Among people deceased in 1824, Lord Byron ranks 2. Before him is Louis XVIII of France. After him are Théodore Géricault, Eugène de Beauharnais, Anne Catherine Emmerich, Victor Emmanuel I of Sardinia, Ferdinand III, Grand Duke of Tuscany, James Parkinson, Agustín de Iturbide, Giovanni Battista Viotti, Maria Luisa, Duchess of Lucca, and Anne-Louis Girodet de Roussy-Trioson.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Lord Byron ranks 72 out of 8,785. Before him are Arthur Conan Doyle (1859), James V of Scotland (1512), Aleister Crowley (1875), John William Strutt, 3rd Baron Rayleigh (1842), Edward the Black Prince (1330), and Robert Hooke (1635). After him are D. H. Lawrence (1885), John Maynard Keynes (1883), Daniel Defoe (1660), Cecil Rhodes (1853), Bertrand Russell (1872), and Charles Thomson Rees Wilson (1869).

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Among WRITERS In United Kingdom

Among writers born in United Kingdom, Lord Byron ranks 7. Before him are William Shakespeare (1564), Agatha Christie (1890), H. G. Wells (1866), Charles Dickens (1812), Thomas Hardy (1840), and Arthur Conan Doyle (1859). After him are D. H. Lawrence (1885), Daniel Defoe (1660), Virginia Woolf (1882), Jane Austen (1775), Lewis Carroll (1832), and Emily Brontë (1818).

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