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- Collection: The 224 people named in the letters that Byron wrote during the Tour
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Socrates
A classical Greek Athenian philosopher
Lucien Buonaparte
Prince Français, 1st Prince of Canino and Musignano, younger brother of Napoleon
Long Baillie
Mentioned by Byron to Hobhouse 1810-11-26: "'Long' Baillie, a friend of Hobhouse and Matthews, had been at Harrow with Byron." BLJ II-28n.
"David (Long) Baillie, at Harrow with Byron, was to travel with Hobhouse on several occasions. He and…
"David (Long) Baillie, at Harrow with Byron, was to travel with Hobhouse on several occasions. He and…
BGraham
Mentioned by Byron in 1808-04-15 and 1810-11-26: "Sir G. W. was probably Sir Godfrey Webster; Sir B. G. was Sir B. Graham. They and Captain Wallace were companions of Byron’s roistering days in 1808. See April 15, 1808, to …
Sir Godfrey Webster
Mentioned by Byron in 1808-03-14, as glossed by PSC, and 1810-11-26. "Sir G. W. was probably Sir Godfrey Webster; Sir B. G. was Sir B. Graham. They and Captain Wallace were companions of Byron’s roistering days in 1808. See April …
H. C. Koes
Mentioned by Byron in 1810-11-14 to Hodgson
Count Otto Magnus Baron von Stackelberg
archaeologist, as well as a writer, painter and art historian
Karl Freiherr Haller von Hallerstein
Mentioned by Byron in 1810-11-14 and 1811-01-10: "Baron Haller, an architect and archaeologist, also had talent as an artist, and produced many drawings and landscape paintings of Greece." BLJ II-33n
Zoroaster
spiritual leader
Confucius
teacher, editor, politician, and philosopher