LORD BYRON and his TIMES
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| NAME AUTHORITIES: LOC: Davies, Scrope Berdmore, 1782-1852 NRA: Davies, Scrope Berdmore (1782-1852) Friend of Byron DNB: Davies, Scrope Berdmore (1782-1852), dandy and friend of Lord Byron LBT ID: ScDavie1852 VIAF ID: 48094930 LOC ID: n81137682 | B/BAP: 1782 DIED: 1852-05 |
| SOURCES: DNB; Virtual International Authority File; LOC Name Authority File | |
Byron met his bosom friend while at Cambridge. Davies, a professional gambler, lent Byron
funds to pay for his travels in Greece and Byron acted as second in Davies' duels. | |
CORRESPONDENCE OF Scrope Berdmore Davies: Lord Byron to Scrope Davies, 7 August 1811 in Letters and Journals of Lord Byron 2 Vols (London: John Murray, 1830) Scrope Davies to Francis Hodgson, [March 1828] in Memoir of Francis Hodgson 2 Vols (London: Macmillan and Co., 1878) Scrope Davies to John Murray, 17 May 1837 in Memoir of John Murray 2 Vols (London: John Murray, 1891) | |
