John Lee, formerly Fiott
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Title
John Lee, formerly Fiott
Subject
The correspondence Byron wrote and some of which he received during the tour.
Description
Mentioned by Byron in 1811-01-10: "John Fiott (I783-1866), a graduate of St. John’s College, Cambridge, toured the Near East in 1807-10 as a 'travelling Bachelor' of his college, collecting antiquities, including manuscripts, coins, and medals. He later gained eminence as a collector and man of science and was a member of the Society of Antiquaries and president of the Royal Astronomical Society."
Byron, George Gordon, Lord. Byron’s Letters and Journals. Ed. Leslie A. Marchand. 13 vols. London: John Murray 1973–94.
BLJ II-33n
Byron, George Gordon, Lord. Byron’s Letters and Journals. Ed. Leslie A. Marchand. 13 vols. London: John Murray 1973–94.
BLJ II-33n
Creator
Paul M Curtis
Source
Byron to Francis Hodgson, from Athens, January 20th, 1811*
Byron, George Gordon, Lord. Byron’s Letters and Journals. Ed. Leslie A. Marchand. 13 vols. London: John Murray 1973–94.
(Source: text from BLJ II 36-8)
Byron, George Gordon, Lord. Byron’s Letters and Journals. Ed. Leslie A. Marchand. 13 vols. London: John Murray 1973–94.
(Source: text from BLJ II 36-8)
Publisher
The Byron Online Project: http://byrononlineproject.com/
Date
13 April 2014
Contributor
Paul M Curtis
Rights
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial 4.0 International License.
Relation
David Radcliffe's "Lord Byron and his Times:"
http://www.lordbyron.org/
Peter S Cochran's website: https://petercochran.wordpress.com/byron-2/byron/
http://www.lordbyron.org/
Peter S Cochran's website: https://petercochran.wordpress.com/byron-2/byron/
Language
English
Type
Person
Coverage
English Romanticism, George Gordon, sixth Baron Byron, 1788-1824; 1809-1811
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Birth Date
1783-04-28
Death Date
1866-02-25 at Hartwell House, Buckinghamshire
Occupation
antiquary and astronomer
Bibliography
http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/16297?docPos=8>ODNB
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Paul M Curtis, “John Lee, formerly Fiott,” ByronOnlineProject, accessed May 4, 2024, https://byrononlineproject.com/items/show/284.
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- Byron to Francis Hodgson, from Athens, January 20th, 1811* (62) [Person Mentions]
- Byron to John Cam Hobhouse, from Athens, January 10th–14th 1811 (59) [Person Mentions]