Bronze statue of the poet Lord Byron in the Garden of Heroes in Missolonghi, Greece. George Gordon Byron, 6th Baron Byron was famous for his swaggering good looks and scandalous reputation. The publication of Childe Harold's Pilgrimage (1812) made him famous overnight. He was also a scathing critic of contemporary scene and his Don Juan (1819-24) is the ultimate satire of Regency society. He lived abroad from 1816 in self-imposed exile and became an attraction for English tourists. A lifelong supporter of liberal causes, he joined the Greeks in their fight against Ottoman rule but died of fever in Missolonghi in 1824.