April 19, 2024 This week is the 200th anniversary of Lord Byron’s death. The most famous poet of his age (an odd phrase now) died fighting for Greek independence in the marshes of Missolonghi.

Alfred, Lord Tennyson* would write that “I was fourteen when I heard of his death. It seemed an awful calamity; I remember I rushed out of doors, sat down by myself, shouted aloud, and wrote on the ...

Even before rumours of his affair with his half-sister spread, Lord ... offered Byron a chance to redeem his tarnished reputation by dedicating himself to a greater cause. After his death, the ...

On April 19, 2024, mournful Greece will commemorate the bicentennial of the death of her dazzling adopted ... since the Turkish conquest of 1453. Lord Byron died at the age of 36 of malaria ...

On April 19, 1824, Lord Byron ... of his death, two excellent new books reveal this Romantic heartthrob, rebel and wanderer from fresh angles: Andrew Stauffer’s “Byron: A Life in Ten Letters ...

A wreath was laid at the Abbey's memorial to Lord Byron on Thursday 18th April, the eve of the 200th anniversary of the poet's death. Born in London in 1788, George, 6th Baron Byron, became one of the ...

A programme of public events celebrating the life of poet Lord Byron will take place in Nottingham this summer to mark 200 years since his death. Born George Gordon Noel, Byron was a famous ...