an English poet and peer. One of the leading figures of the Romantic movement, is regarded as one of the greatest English poets
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Born
George Gordon Byron 22 January 1788 London, England
Died
19 April 1824 (aged 36) Missolonghi, Aetolia, Ottoman Empire (present-day Aetolia-Acarnania, Greece)
Alma mater
Trinity College, Cambridge (1805–1808)
Occupation
Poet, politician
adultbasic
Britain
Children
Ada Lovelace Allegra Byron Elizabeth Medora Leigh (presumably)
Education
Aberdeen Grammar School 1798, Dulwich (1799–1801), Harrow School (1801–1805)
era
1800+
Parents
Capt. John "Mad Jack" Byron (father) Catherine Gordon (mother)
Partner
Claire Clairmont
Preceded by
The 5th Baron Byron
Relatives
Vice-Admiral The Hon. John Byron (grandfather)
Resting place
Church of St. Mary Magdalene, Hucknall, Nottinghamshire
Spouse
Anne Isabella Milbanke ( m. 1815; separated 1816)
Succeeded by
The 7th Baron Byron