Poet Lord Byron died 200 years ago, #onthisday in 1824. Find out more about one of the most celebrated writers of the Romantic movement - and one of the most scandalous figures of Regency London - and his memorial in Poets' Corner ⤵️ #Byron200 #MadBadAndDangerousToKnow 📷: Lord Byron replica by Thomas Phillips © National Portrait Gallery, London [Creative Commons CC BY-NC-ND 3.0] | Westminster Abbey

Lord Byron / . . . . "George Gordon Byron, 6th Baron Byron, FRS (22 January 1788 – 19 April 1824), known simply as Lord Byron, was an English peer, who was a poet and politician. He was one of the leading figures of the Romantic movement and is regarded as one of the greatest English poets.He remains widely read and influential. Among his best-known works are the lengthy narrative poems Don Juan and Childe Harold's Pilgrimage; many of his shorter lyrics in Hebrew Melodies also became popular. He