Also known as
George Gordon Byron, 6th Baron Byron
Description
English Romantic poet (1788–1824) who took boxing lessons from John Jackson at
his Bond Street rooms and called him his "corporeal pastor and
master".
Teachers (1)
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John Jackson
Private lesson
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Byron's own note in Don Juan calls Jackson his master; Miles says Jackson
taught him.
“When Jackson taught the author of “Childe Harold,” he was forty-four, Byron
about twenty-three”
— Miles, Henry Downes. (1906). Pugilistica: The
History of British Boxing, Volume 1link
info
visibilityFirst-hand
““My friend and corporeal pastor and master, John Jackson, Esquire, professor of
pugilism”
— Miles, Henry Downes. (1906). Pugilistica: The
History of British Boxing, Volume 1link
info
Sources
“Byron, who was proud of being thought a pugilist, has in his correspondence
spoken highly of his tutor”
— Miles, Henry Downes. (1906). Pugilistica: The
History of British Boxing, Volume 1link
info
Identifiers
https://martial.is/entity/01M61VT2BRDR7F2MSC33KZHS4B
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Plain text
Muñoz, Frederico (YEAR_PLACEHOLDER). Lord Byron. In Martialis: Martial Arts
Lineage Database. https://martial.is/entity/01M61VT2BRDR7F2MSC33KZHS4B - CC
BY-SA 4.0. Accessed ACCESSED_DATE_PLACEHOLDER.
BibTeX
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title = {Lord Byron}, booktitle = {Martialis: Martial Arts Lineage Database},
year = {YEAR_PLACEHOLDER}, url =
{https://martial.is/entity/01M61VT2BRDR7F2MSC33KZHS4B}, urldate =
{ACCESSED_DATE_PLACEHOLDER}, note = {CC BY-SA 4.0} }
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