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Shelley, Percy

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From: U*X*L Encyclopedia of World Biography
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Percy Shelley

Born: September 4, 1792
Field Place, Sussex, England
Died: July 8, 1822
Viareggio, Italy
English poet

The English romantic poet Percy Shelley ranks as one of the greatest lyric poets in the history of English literature.

Early years

Percy Bysshe Shelley was born at Field Place near Horsham, Sussex, England, on August 4, 1792. He was the first son of a wealthy, country landowner. As a boy, Shelley felt harassed by his father. This abuse may have first sparked the flame of protest which, during his school days at Eton from 1804 until 1810, earned him the name of "Mad ...

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