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England: Lord Byron in Albanian dress, painted by Thomas Phillips in 1813

England: Lord Byron in Albanian dress, painted by Thomas Phillips in 1813

George Gordon Byron, 6th Baron Byron, later George Gordon Noel, FRS (22 January 1788 – 19 April 1824), commonly known simply as Lord Byron, was an English poet and a leading figure in Romanticism. He travelled in the Ottoman Empire, especially in Albania and Greece.

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