ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

Detailed explanation-1: -Explanation: Lord Byron fought on behalf of the Greeks against the Ottoman empire in the Greek war of independence. He provided financial assistance to the Greek rebels and wrote in favour of Greek independence. He even used his own money to form a battalion of Greek rebel soldiers called the Byron Brigade.

Detailed explanation-2: -The poet now known as Lord Byron was born George Gordon Noel Byron, 6th Baron Byron, on January 22, 1788 in London . He died April 19, 1824 in Missolonghi, Greece . His cause of death was fever and exposure when he was fighting for Greek independence. Byron’s peers included Percy Shelley and John Keats.

Detailed explanation-3: -Lord Byron was the famous English poet, who organised funds and later went to fight in the Greek War of Independence.

Detailed explanation-4: -The initial defeat of the leader of the rebels, Alexandros Ypsilantis, inspired people all over the Ottoman Empire to join the war for independence. Within a year they won control of the southern region of Greece and on March 25 1822 the rebels declared the independence of Greece.