Percy Bysshe Shelley was born on August 4, 1792[1], in Horsham[2]. He died on July 8, 1822[3], in Gulf of La Spezia[4]. He worked as a linguist[5], poet[6], translator[7], playwright[8], and novelist[9]. He ranks in the top 0.38% of human entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (22,880 views/month, #3,796 of 1,000,298).[10]
Child: Ianthe Eliza Shelley[17], Charles Bysshe Shelley[18], William Shelley[19], Percy Florence Shelley[20], Clara Everina Shelley[21], Clara Shelley[22]
Country of citizenship: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland[23], Kingdom of Great Britain[24], Kingdom of Italy[25], Switzerland[26]
Influenced by: John Milton[37], Ovid[38], Robert Burns[39], Francis Bacon[40], Lord Byron[41], William Godwin[42], Adam Weishaupt[43], Pedro Calderón de la Barca[44]
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Things named for Percy Bysshe Shelley include Pete Shelley[57], Keats-Shelley Memorial House[58], Keats-Shelley Prize for Poetry[59], and Shelley[60].
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Percy Bysshe Shelley has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[61] He is known by 81 alternative names across languages and contexts.[62]
He has been cited as an influence by Alexander Pushkin[63], a poet[64], 1799–1837[65], of Russian Empire[66], specialised in study of history[67]; Bertrand Russell[68], a mathematician[69], 1872–1970[70], of United Kingdom[71], awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature[72], specialised in set theory[73]; and William Butler Yeats[74], a poet[75], 1865–1939[76], of Irish Free State[77], awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature[78], specialised in fiction[79].
Works attributed to him include Ozymandias[80], a literary work[81], founded in 1817[82]; Prometheus Unbound[83], a literary work[84]; Adonais[85], a literary work[86]; The Revolt of Islam[87], a literary work[88]; The Masque of Anarchy[89], a literary work[90], founded in 1819[91]; and Queen Mab[92]. Entities named for him include Pete Shelley[57], Keats-Shelley Memorial House[58], Keats-Shelley Prize for Poetry[59], and Shelley[60].
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