Question

Which of the following correctly describe biographical details of George Gordon Lord Byron? Select all that apply.

1. Born with a clubfoot.

2. He came into his inheritance at the age of ten.

3. His title, “Lord,” was strictly honorific to promote his importance as one of England's greatest poets.

4. Many of his contemporaries, with the notable exception of Shelley, disliked the man and his work.

Answer 1

1, 2, 4 - checked all of them came back correct. That should help?!

Answer 2

1. Born with a clubfoot.

2. He came into his inheritance at the age of ten.

4. Many of his contemporaries, with the notable exception of Shelley, disliked the man and his work.

Lord Byron was a British poet, peer, politician and one of the most important figures in the Romantic movement. Byron was a good friend of Percy Bysshe Shelley, fellow poet, and his wife, Mary Shelley, author of Frankenstein.

Byron was also born with a clubfoot, and inherited great fortune and land early on. The incorrect statement, however, is the third one. Byron's title was inherited from his great uncle, the "wicked" Lord Byron, when he passed away in 1798. This made him the 6th Baron Byron of Rochdale and owner of Newstead Abbey in Nottinghamshire.