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Byron, Lord
     
Byron, Lord
(1788-1824) an English writer of romantic and satirical poetry, including Childe Harold's Pilgrimage and Don Juan. He is also famous for his romantic life, which included many love affairs, and for his death of fever in Greece while fighting against the Turks for Greek independence.
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