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  Lord Byron
Byron was famous in his lifetime for his love affairs with women and Mediterranean boys.
Byron married Anne Isabella Milbanke in 1815, and their daughter Ada was born in the same year.
Byron's body was returned to England but refused by the deans of both Westminister and St Paul's.
www.kirjasto.sci.fi /byron.htm   (1357 words)

  
 George Gordon, Lord Byron
Byron sent copies to two of his friends, one of whom wrote back to say that he thought the poem To Mary was far too shocking to be read by the general public.
Byron took Teresa, Countess Guicioli, as his mistress in 1819, and it was quite the scandal.
Around this time, Byron and some of his school friends were staying in a former monastery, and they'd developed a habit (sorry) of dressing up as monks and drinking toasts from a monk's skull which they'd accidentally dug up.
www.incompetech.com /authors/byron   (1805 words)

  
  Neurotic Poets: Lord Byron   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
One of the women aptly remarked that Byron was "mad, bad and dangerous to know." It is rumored that in 1813 he had an incestuous affair with his half-sister, Augusta Leigh.
A nurse brought the child to Byron in 1818, because he refused to have anything to do with Clare, and he sent her to a convent school.
In 1823, Byron's daughter Allegra died of a fever in the convent school at the age of five.
www.neuroticpoets.com /byron   (1194 words)

  
  Byron
Byron's fame as a poet and his notoriety as a man were one; the scandals of his life—whoring, marriage, adultery, incest, sodomy—became the text or subtext of his poems, made more shocking by the poet's cynicism shading into blasphemy.
Byron, the newly crowned king of London drawing rooms in 1814, saw clearly that as a poet who was also a satirist and social critic, as a peer who spoke out for the rights of starving weavers or Irish Catholics, he would not long be indulged for his youth, talent, and title.
Byron later defended his father, then long dead, against lingering rumors that his "brutal conduct" had been the cause of his first wife's death: "It is not by 'brutality' that a young Officer in the Guards seduces and carries off a Marchioness, and marries two heiresses.
partners.nytimes.com /books/first/e/eisler-byron.html   (5087 words)

  
 George Gordon Byron Life by E. H. Coleridge
His wife's impression was that Byron "had avowedly begun his revenge from the first." It is certain that before the child was born his conduct was so harsh, so violent, and so eccentric, that she believed, or tried to persuade herself, that he was mad.
Byron had recently published some pro-Gallican stanzas, "On the 'Star of the Legion of Honour,'" in the Examiner (April 7), and it was felt by many that private dishonour was the outcome of public disloyalty.
Byron told Moore that the memoranda were not "confessions," that they were "the truth but not the whole truth." This, no doubt, was the truth, and the whole truth.
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 E.J.N. - DON BYRON
Born and raised in the Bronx, Byron was exposed to a wide variety of music at home by his father, who played bass in calypso bands, and his mother, a pianist.
Byron formalized his music education by studying classical clarinet with Joe Allard while playing and arranging salsa numbers for high school bands on the side.
Byron is currently an Artist-in-Residence at Symphony Space in New York City, where he created Contrasting Brilliance: The Music of Henry Mancini and Sly Stone during a creative residency in 2000.
www.ejn.it /mus/byron.htm   (807 words)

  
 Lord Byron   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Byron's mother was considered coarse and frivolous by those who knew her, including her son.
Byron was educated at Harrow School and the University of Cambridge.
Byron's work was a synthesis of medieval and classical inspiration with a modern sensibility.
www.walrus.com /~gibralto/acorn/germ/GGByron.html   (1036 words)

  
 Byron
Lord Byron is buried in St Mary Magdalene Church, Hucknall Torkard, Nottinghamshire, England in the family vault.
Byron died at Missolonghi in Greece in 1824 while helping the Greeks in their struggle for independence from Turkey.
Byron was finally given a memorial in 'Poets' Corner' in Westminster Abbey in 1969.
www.poetsgraves.co.uk /byron.htm   (215 words)

  
 Byron Bay travel guide - Wikitravel
Byron Bay [1] is a coastal town on the far North Coast of the Australian state of New South Wales, located just off the Pacific Highway, approximately 800 km north of Sydney and 175 km south of Brisbane.
Byron Bay is famed worldwide for its surfing beaches, scuba diving [2], whale watching [3], rural beauty and a laid back lifestyle.
Byron Bay and its surrounding area have a population of about 30,000, the area mainly deriving its income from tourism (1.7 million+ visitors per annum) and farming.
wikitravel.org /en/Byron_Bay   (1127 words)

  
 Lord Byron Life Stories, Books, & Links
The poem was one of a handful of melodramatic verse-tales written by Byron between 1812-16, a period in which he was not only at the height of poetic fame in England but at the center of a swirl of attraction and repulsion.
Byron was twenty-four, recently returned from the obligatory Grand Tour of Europe, and ready for a career; had his speech been the success he hoped for, there is every chance that the career might have been in politics, rather than in poetry and persecution.
Byron was twenty-two, and not yet famous for his poetry or his profligacy -- though he had just finished a draft of Childe Harold, and just ended an affair with a married woman who, while no Hero, had moved Byron to challenge another to a sunrise duel.
www.todayinliterature.com /biography/lord.byron.asp   (856 words)

  
 Exelon | Byron Generating Station
Byron Generating Station, located near Byron in northern Illinois, about 90 miles west of Chicago.
Byron’s goal is to be a good neighbor and is very active in many of the surrounding communities.
Byron employees give generously to the community through a variety of charitable activities.
www.exeloncorp.com /ourcompanies/powergen/nuclear/byron_generating_station.htm   (398 words)

  
 ABC.com: ABC's 'The Bachelor' Wednesdays 9/8c   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Byron Velvick, 40, a professional bass fisherman for 13 years, is a self-described hopeless romantic, and is excited and ready to find his soul-mate, get married and have a family.
A California native, Byron, who has one sister, graduated from University of California at Irvine with a degree in English, with an emphasis in philosophy.
And although he did some modeling and television commercial work to have an opportunity to travel, have fun and make some money after he graduated, he has always wanted to become a professional bass fisherman, and was encouraged when he was growing up by a neighbor who taught him the sport's finer points.
abc.go.com /primetime/bachelor/bios/6/byron.html   (294 words)

  
 iambyron's Xanga Site
In typical Byron style, he had set the bar for himself quite high in terms of where he wanted to be and what he wanted to learn so it was a good year for him that year with Miss Blackburn.
Byron had always been one of the smallest and youngest, born in December, in his class.
The kids in his class were telling jokes that Byron brought home and tried on me or his siblings and it was obvious, when he did that, that he didn't 'get' the joke then and hoped by repeating it he might 'get it' at home.
www.xanga.com /iambyron   (2501 words)

  
 CD Baby: BYRON "MR.TALKBOX" CHAMBERS: My Testimony
Byron's TALKBOX performance synergizes with a unique micro-phonics sound that delivers a new flavor of music that "talks." His animated electrifying presence reveals his deep passion to spread the Gospel.
Byron's TALKBOX performance synergizes with a unique micro-phonics sound that delivers a sensationally new flavor of music that "talks." His animated electrifying presence reveals his deep passion to spread the Gospel.
Because Byron dare to be different and through his well planned and clear message of the gospel coupled with his distinctive style of music Bryon will touch the lives of the youth population as well as those in my age Group.
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 Lord George Gordon Byron - Biography and Works
Byron's influence on European poetry, music, novel, opera, and painting has been immense, although the poet was widely condemned on moral grounds by his contemporaries.
Byron spent his early childhood years in poor surroundings in Aberdeen, where he was educated until he was ten.
Byron's body was returned to England but refused by the deans of both Westminster and St Paul's.
www.online-literature.com /byron   (1460 words)

  
 BBC - Drama - Byron
Camilla Power plays Lady Caroline Lamb, the wild child lover of Byron who coined the famous phrase that he was "mad, bad and dangerous to know".
The marriage was surprising, not least because in the initial stages of their relationship Annabella's interest in Byron had been purely one of Christian concern for his wild ways.
As for Byron, rumours of his homosexuality and sexual love for his half-sister forced him into exile.
www.bbc.co.uk /drama/byron   (371 words)

  
 Byron, Illinois IL, city profile (Ogle County) - hotels, festivals, genealogy, newspapers - ePodunk
Byron is a city in Ogle County, in the Rochelle metro area.
At the time of the 2000 census, the per capita income in Byron was $17,164, compared with $21,587 nationally.
Median rent in Byron, at the time of the 2000 Census, was $461.
www.epodunk.com /cgi-bin/genInfo.php?locIndex=5959   (517 words)

  
 Byron Bay Australia - Accommodation, Real Estate. Bayweb Community Portal
Byron Style Accommodation : Friendly staff & a wealth of local knowledge to help you book your accommodation.
Byron Bay is one of Australia’s most famous destinations.
When visiting Byron Bay, be sure to stop in to the Byron Visitor Centre for all your visitor information needs.
www.bayweb.com.au   (327 words)

  
 Amazon.com: Lord Byron: The Major Works (Oxford World's Classics): Books: George Gordon Byron,Jerome J. McGann   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Byron's energetic placement of himself in the tide of history, destiny, and time was a mark of his times and his interpretation may have influenced Wagner and definitely influenced Neitzsche.
Byron was a product of the metaphysics of his day and the generation previous, consciously of Rousseau and unconsciously of the others.
Byron rode this wild beast of freedom and liberty of his time and verbally puked over the common sense and good decorum of British good nature and decency.
www.amazon.com /Lord-Byron-Oxford-Worlds-Classics/dp/0192840401   (1989 words)

  
 Lord Byron
Lord Byron scandalized London by starting an affair with Lady Caroline Lamb and was ostracized when he was suspected of having a sexual relationship with his half-sister, Augusta Leigh, who gave birth to an illegitimate daughter.
Byron attending the House of Lords where he became a strong advocate of social reform.
In 1811 he was one of the few men in Parliament to defend the actions of the Luddites and the following year spoke against the Frame Breaking Bill, by which the government intended to apply the death-penalty to Luddites.
www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk /PRbyron.htm   (908 words)

  
 Sewerage Treatment Upgrades: Byron Shire Council   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
The South Byron STP is over 20 years old and cannot be economically upgraded to achieve standards required for treated sewage for the future.
The proposed increase in sewage load to West Byron Sewage Treatment Plant from population growth and the closure of the South Byron STP as well as the limited amount of sewage discharged into the Belongil catchment, will result in improved environmental outcomes only if there is a significant level of sewage effluent reuse.
The transfer of sewage flows from South Byron to West Byron STP is conditional upon the availability of reuse projects accepting minimum levels of treated effluent and the West Byron STP meeting all performance requirements.
www.byron.nsw.gov.au /sew_treat.shtml   (1473 words)

  
 Byron, Nebraska NE, village profile (Thayer County) - hotels, festivals, genealogy, newspapers - ePodunk
At the time of the 2000 census, the per capita income in Byron was $18,801, compared with $21,587 nationally.
9% of Byron residents age 25 and older have a bachelor's or advanced college degree.
Median rent in Byron, at the time of the 2000 Census, was $113.
www.epodunk.com /cgi-bin/genInfo.php?locIndex=27294   (444 words)

  
 Textura Design · Textura Design Incorporated
A sport-utility bike (SUB) is a variety of load-carrying bicycle pioneered by Xtracycle who invented the FreeRadical, a hitchless bike trailer (it attaches directly to the frame instead of with hinges).
Byron will discuss why your home page is obsolete and building a blog-oriented architecture.
Byron’s sessions will focus on the unique uses of enterprise blogging and how standards and technologies have made intranet user experiences richer.
www.texturadesign.com   (591 words)

  
 Crede Byron   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Crede Byron is a website which explores several aspects of George Gordon, 6th Lord Byron, and his childhood home of Newstead Abbey in Nottinghamshire.
Byron was arguably the greatest poet of the Romantic age, and is to many the archetypal Gothic hero: a darkly glamorous figure suspected of intriguing vices and famously "mad, bad, and dangerous to know".
Because the vision we have of him today is largely a figment of mythmaking, it's often difficult, if not impossible, to see the true man behind the cult that has become enshrined about his name.
www.praxxis.co.uk /credebyron   (335 words)

  
 Byron White
In 1994 the Byron White United States Courthouse was dedicated in Denver.
In 1990 the Byron White Center for the Study of Constitutional Law was established at CU-Boulder with a gift from his longtime friend Ira C. Rothgerber.
White was married to Marion Stearns White, daughter of former CU president Robert Stearns.
www.colorado.edu /NewsServices/byronwhite   (562 words)

  
 Byron Bay Real Estate Guide
Thanks for visiting our regional real estate portal, not only will you find a range of property for sale in the Byron Shire, but we've included plenty of useful information for people thinking about relocating to the area.
Local Agents provides a list of real estate agents throughout Byron Shire, and the Northern Rivers.
Byron Bay Visitor Information provides a range of info for people planning to visit the region.
www.byronbayrealestateguide.com   (273 words)

  
 Homoerotic Poems by Lord Byron
Despite Byron’s reputation as a womanizer and a world-class object of heterosexual love, he was, apparently, throughout his life romantically attached to men.
Byron had a deep love for Nicolas (or Nicolo, Byron's version of his name) Giraud, “a young man he [had] met in Greece, where he died in 1824 after joining the Greek revolt against the Turks" (see "If Sometimes in the Haunts of Men" (1812; written for Giraud and reprinted in Fone; see pp.
So strong thy magic or so weak am I. Louis Crompton, in Byron and Greek Love: Homophobia in 19th-Century England, has shown that Byron fled England not only because of the scandal over his affair with his half-sister, but also because of the repressive anti-same-sex laws in England, where the penalty for sodomy was death.
www.csulb.edu /~csnider/Byron.Homoerotic.Poems.html   (813 words)

  
 Ada Byron, Lady Lovelace
Augusta Ada Byron was born December 10, 1815 the daughter of the illustrious poet, Lord Byron.
Five weeks after Ada was born Lady Byron asked for a separation from Lord Byron, and was awarded sole custody of Ada who she brought up to be a mathematician and scientist.
Lady Byron was terrified that Ada might end up being a poet like her father.
www.agnesscott.edu /lriddle/women/love.htm   (644 words)

  
 Maine Local Government - Town of Byron - Main Page
Byron is a town in Oxford County incorporated on January 24, 1833 from township number eight.
The village is located on the Swift River nears Coos Canyon, legendary source of gold and other minerals.
This sparsely populated town is served by Maine Route 17 connecting it with the Rumford-Mexico area to the south.
www.maine.gov /local/oxford/byron   (71 words)

  
 Byron News - Topix
Local news for Byron, NY continually updated from thousands of sources on the web.
Mayor Byron W. Brown appointed Betty Calvo-Torres on Tuesday to a vacancy in Buffalo City Court, the first Hispanic woman to serve on the city bench.
I edit the Byron News pages on Topix when no humans are available to help.
www.topix.net /city/byron-ny   (679 words)

  
 Ada Byron, Lady Lovelace
Augusta Ada Byron was born December 10, 1815 the daughter of the illustrious poet, Lord Byron.
Five weeks after Ada was born Lady Byron asked for a separation from Lord Byron, and was awarded sole custody of Ada who she brought up to be a mathematician and scientist.
Lady Byron was terrified that Ada might end up being a poet like her father.
www.scottlan.edu /lriddle/women/love.htm   (644 words)

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