Lord Byron (January 22, 1788 – April 19, 1824)

 Lord Byron (January 22, 1788 – April 19, 1824)

Lord Byron was a Poet and later a British Politician who later became a leading figure in the literally movement known as - romanticism.

Byron was a renowned Philhellene and a bitter opponent of Lord Elgin after the latter’s theft and removal of the Parthenon marbles from #Greece.

After reaching Greece, Byron spent much of his own money and resources assisting the Greeks in their cause for freedom and felt so strongly that he himself joined the Greek War of Independence against the Ottoman Empire.

On April 19, 1824 he died at the age of 36 in Messolonghi from a violent fever.

Lord Byron is revered as a Greek National Hero.

Hellenic Patriotism