• Lord Byron, in full George Gordon Byron is a British Romantic Poet commonly known as Rebel poet of English Literature. - This English Poet revolts against existing social customs and norms. So that he is called 'The rebel Poet' - His poetry and personality captured the imagination of Europe. - Renowned as the “gloomy egoist” of his autobiographical poem Childe Harold’s Pilgrimage (1812–18) in the 19th century, - He is now more generally esteemed for the satiric realism of Don Juan (1819–24).