ITT: Interesting historical figures >pic very related

>>1562178
>literal faggot
>Balkanaboo

What the fuck was wrong with this guy

>>1562183
>had a pet lion
>went to cambridge
>life led to the creation of vampires
>his illegitimate daughter helped invent the first computer
>famous poetry
>handsome
>seduced some turk ruler
>lived in France, appreciating the beauty of the land
>friends with great authors
>joked at Shelley's funeral

Jesus, you could go on and on

Francisco de Miranda, participated in nearly every damn revolution of the 18th century and traveled everywhere in Europe.

>>1562210
>life led to the creation of vampires

What

>>1562254
yeah, a former buddy of his got fed up of his shit and wrote some novels depicting his image in a dark way, leading to the, "byronic hero", and led way to stories of vampires

>>1562299
But stories of vampires existed for literally hundreds of years.

>>1562456
The charismatic and sophisticated vampire of modern fiction was born in 1819 with the publication of The Vampyre by John Polidori; the story was highly successful and arguably the most influential vampire work of the early 19th century.

Silly nigger. They didn't even have a proper name for them

>>1562471
Vampyr / upir is a Slavic word that's been documented to exist since the middle ages at least.

>>1562479
It doesn't change the fact that Byron directly inspired the Western concept of vampires, without him they would just some quaint rural myth like the Chupacabra or those Indonesian floating heads.