George Byron
When and where was born George Byron?
January 22 , 1788 in London
What are the names of his parents?
Timothy Shelley and Elizabeth Pilfold
When and where was born Walter Scott?
He was born August 15 1771 in Edinburgh.
Where did Tennyson die? (Name of the village)
Lurgashall, Sussex, England
His best known works are...
Treasure Island, Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde, Kidnapped and A Child's Garden of Verses.
Give 2 examples of his poems.
Childe Harold's Pilgrimage , Don Juan , She walks in Beauty , The destruction of Sennacheril
Who is Thomas Medwin?
His cousin.
What was his most famous novel?
Ivanhoe
Name of the two closest friends of Tennyson.
Arthur Hallam and William Henry Brookfield
Bonus
+
It is estimated that Lord Byron wrote over .... poems during his life.
800 poems
Names of his works (at least three)
"Ozymandias" (1818), "Ode to the West Wind" (1819), "To a Skylark" (1820), "Adonais" (1821)
What kind of novels did he write?
Historical novels.
What is the name of this poem?
There ’s many a black, black eye, they say, but none so bright as mine;
There ’s Margaret and Mary, there ’s Kate and Caroline;
But none so fair as little Alice in all the land, they say:
So I ’m to be Queen o’ the May, mother, I ’m to be Queen o’ the May.
The May Queen
At what age he changed the spelling of "Lewis" to "Louis" and dropped "Balfour"?
18
What is Lord Byron most famous for?
He was a British Romantic poet and satirist whose poetry and personality captured the imagination of Europe.
Where and when did he die? What was reason of his death?
He died in a boating accident in 1822 at age 29. Gulf of La Spezia, Kingdom of Sardinia
Why is Sir Wolter famous?
He was a pioneer in the English colonisation of North America.
Name of the poem that Tennyson was awarded the Chancellor’s Gold Medal at Cambridge for.
Timbuktu
Who had the same illness like him. What kind of illness it was?
His daughter. They both had weak chests, so they often needed to stay in warmer climates for their health.
What inspired Byron?
He was inspired by his cousin Margaret Parker.
Shelley was bullied and unhappy at the school and sometimes responded with violent rage. He also began suffering from the nightmares, hallucinations and sleep walking that were to periodically affect him throughout his life. Where it all started? What was the name of the school that he was studying?
the Syon House Academy of Brentford, Middlesex
Why was Sir Wolter Scott called " Sir " ?
Because in April 1820 he received the baronetcy in London , first baronet.
Name of three works that Tennyson wrote in an elegy for his friend.
Morte d'Arthur; Idylls; In Memoriam
Stevenson's literary adviser and was the first editor of his letters after his death.
Sidney Colvin