George Gordon Byron, Baron Byron

George Gordon Byron, Baron Byron
Portrait of Lord Byron by Richard Westall
Short Name: George Gordon Byron, Baron Byron
Full Name: Byron, George Gordon Byron, Baron, 1788-1824
Birth Year: 1788
Death Year: 1824

Byron, George Gordon Noel, Lord, born in London, Jan. 22, 1788, died at Missolonghi, April 19, 1824. Lord Byron's name is associated with hymnody through a few pieces from his Hebrew Melodies, 1815, being in use in a limited number of hymnals, and these mainly in America. These include:—
1. The Assyrian came down like the wolf on the fold.
2. The king was on his throne.
3. The wild gazelle o'er Judah's hills.
Lord Byron's Works with Life and Letters, by T. Moore, in 17 vols., was published by J. Murray, London, 1832.

-- John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)

Wikipedia Biography

George Gordon Byron, 6th Baron Byron FRS (22 January 1788 – 19 April 1824) simply known as Lord Byron, was an English poet and peer. One of the leading figures of the Romantic movement, Byron 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.

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