His image as the personification of the Byronic hero fascinated the public, and his wife Annabella coined the term "Byromania" to refer to the commotion surrounding him. Biographies were distorted by the burning of Byron's memoir in the offices of his publisher, John Murray, a month after his death and the suppression of details of Byron's bisexuality by subsequent heads of the firm which held the richest Byron archive.
It took years for biographers to dig deeper into Byron's biography and find abundant evidence of his relationships with men and women.
Many of his biographers struggled to find a way to describe his sexuality, saying things like,. Between and , Byron edited the society's short-lived newspaper, The Liberal. In a restless Byron accepted an invitation to support Greek independence from the Ottoman Empire. Byron spent 4, pounds of his own money to refit the Greek naval fleet and took personal command of a Greek unit of elite fighters. On February 15, , he fell ill. Doctors bled him, which weakened his condition further and likely gave him an infection.
Byron died on April 19, , at age He was deeply mourned in England and became a hero in Greece. His body was brought back to England, but the clergy refused to bury him at Westminster Abbey, as was the custom for individuals of great stature. Instead, he was buried in the family vault near Newstead. In , a memorial to Byron was finally placed on the floor of Westminster Abbey. We strive for accuracy and fairness. If you see something that doesn't look right, contact us!
Subscribe to the Biography newsletter to receive stories about the people who shaped our world and the stories that shaped their lives. He is also a world-renowned photographer and documentarian. English writer Evelyn Waugh is regarded by many as the most brilliant satirical novelist of his day. However in , he began an affair with the Countess Teresa Guiccioli, only 19 years old and married to a man nearly three times her age. The two became inseparable; Byron moved in with her in Teresa Guiccioli.
Byron sent her away to be educated at a convent near Ravenna, where she died in April Later that same year Byron also lost his friend Shelley who died when his boat, the Don Juan, went down at sea. His earlier travels had left Byron with a great passion for Greece. He supported the Greek war for independence from the Turks and in left Genoa to travel to Cephalonia to become involved.
His health began to deteriorate and in February , he fell ill. He never recovered and he died at Missolonghi on April 19th. His personal life, however, remained rocky. He was married and divorced, his wife Anne Isabella Milbanke having accused him of everything from incest to sodomy. By , Byron was afraid for his life, warned that a crowd might lynch him if he were seen in public.
Forced to flee England, Byron settled in Italy and began writing his masterpiece, Don Juan , an epic-satire novel-in-verse loosely based on a legendary hero. He also spent much of his time engaged in the Greek fight for independence and planned to join a battle against a Turkish-held fortress when he fell ill, becoming increasingly sick with persistent colds and fevers.
When he died on April 19, , at the age of 36, Don Juan was yet to be finished, though 17 cantos had been written. A memoir, which also hadn't been published, was burned by Byron's friends who were either afraid of being implicated in scandal or protective of his reputation.
The Byronic hero, characterized by passion, talent, and rebellion, pervades Byron's work and greatly influenced the work of later Romantic poets. National Poetry Month. Materials for Teachers Teach This Poem. Poems for Kids. Poetry for Teens. Lesson Plans.
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