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| | George Gordon Byron, 6th Baron Byron - free-definition (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18) |
 | | Byron's fame rests not only on his writings, but also on his life, which included extravagant living, debts, separation, allegations of incest and his eventual death from fever after he travelled to assist the Greek fight for independence. |
 | | Don Juan, Byron's masterpiece, often called the epic of its time, is deeply immersed in literary tradition and, although regarded by early Victorians as somewhat shocking, is equally involved with its own contemporary world at all levels – social, political, literary and ideological. |
 | | Byron was very fond of animals, most famously a Newfoundland dog named Boatswain; when Boatswain contracted rabies, Byron is reported to have nursed him without any fear that he might be bitten. |
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