Byron
George Gordon, Lord 6th Baron Byron, 1788–1824, English poet.
a male given name.
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Holmes explained that Romantic poets and writers, including Keats, Byron, and the Shelleys—Percy Blythe and Mary—read deeply in science, incorporating the latest theories in astronomy, evolution, and physics into their poems and novels.
Who Said Science and Art Were Two Cultures? - Issue 108: Change | Kevin Berger | November 17, 2021 | NautilusWhile the power Byron wields over Hazel is inherently chilling, there is more warmth between her and Herbert.
HBO Max's Offbeat Tech Satire Made for Love Goes Down Easy—Maybe Too Easy | Judy Berman | April 1, 2021 | TimeOne episode opens with a TV news segment on the Gogols, which Byron spontaneously starts directing when Hazel ventures off-script.
HBO Max's Offbeat Tech Satire Made for Love Goes Down Easy—Maybe Too Easy | Judy Berman | April 1, 2021 | TimeSerge, a Roman nose and swarthy menace, eyes seductive and haunted, Lord Byron crooning lewd chansons.
Jane Birkin is back with a new album, but her presence is everlasting | Jeff Weiss | March 19, 2021 | Washington PostThis is a place where Byron York is a celebrity, Andrew Breitbart a fallen hero, and Ronald Reagan a God.
Like all Western interventionists, Byron made his share of miscalculations and blunders.
Poet and Rake, Lord Byron Was Also an Interventionist With Brains and Savvy | Michael Weiss | February 16, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTHardly an apologist for Vienna, Byron still found these tracts too extreme and in need of censoring.
Poet and Rake, Lord Byron Was Also an Interventionist With Brains and Savvy | Michael Weiss | February 16, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTExile had also given Byron his first taste of insurrection and intrigue.
Poet and Rake, Lord Byron Was Also an Interventionist With Brains and Savvy | Michael Weiss | February 16, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTByron certainly embodied more than even their combined share of vices.
Poet and Rake, Lord Byron Was Also an Interventionist With Brains and Savvy | Michael Weiss | February 16, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThe following poem entitled "Weedless," after Byron's "Darkness," gives a vivid description of the world without tobacco.
Tobacco; Its History, Varieties, Culture, Manufacture and Commerce | E. R. Billings.Byron wrote dashingly about 'sublime Tobacco,' but I do not think he carried the practice to excess.
Tobacco; Its History, Varieties, Culture, Manufacture and Commerce | E. R. Billings.Among these may still be seen the rudely cut letters of the names of Byron, Sheridan and Peele.
British Highways And Byways From A Motor Car | Thomas D. MurphyBritish commodore Byron sailed from the Downs in the Dolphin, on his voyage round the world.
The Every Day Book of History and Chronology | Joel MunsellSit down in that corner behind the bookcase and I'll read to you from one of the old poets, Byron, belike.
Ancestors | Gertrude Atherton
British Dictionary definitions for Byron
/ (ˈbaɪərən) /
George Gordon, 6th Baron. 1788–1824, British Romantic poet, noted also for his passionate and disastrous love affairs. His major works include Childe Harold's Pilgrimage (1812–18), and Don Juan (1819–24). He spent much of his life abroad and died while fighting for Greek independence
Derived forms of Byron
- Byronic (baɪˈrɒnɪk), adjective
- Byronically, adverb
- Byronism, noun
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Scientific definitions for Byron
[ bī′rən ]
British mathematician who collaborated with Charles Babbage in the development of the analytical engine, an early computer. Byron's most important contribution was the compilation of detailed notations about how the machine could be programmed.
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