Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Edward_Bulwer-Lytton,_1st_Baron_Lytton
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gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:person
gptkb:poet
novelist
playwright
politician
gptkbp:almaMater gptkb:Trinity_College,_Cambridge
gptkbp:awardReceived gptkb:Knight_Grand_Cross_of_the_Order_of_the_Bath
gptkbp:birthDate 1803-05-25
gptkbp:birthPlace gptkb:London
gptkbp:child gptkb:Robert_Bulwer-Lytton,_1st_Earl_of_Lytton
gptkbp:deathDate 1873-01-18
gptkbp:deathPlace gptkb:Torquay
gptkbp:famousFor coining the phrase 'the pen is mightier than the sword'
opening line 'It was a dark and stormy night'
gptkbp:father gptkb:General_William_Earle_Bulwer
gptkbp:genre gptkb:poetry
gptkb:science_fiction
drama
historical fiction
mystery
romance
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton
gptkbp:influenced Victorian literature
gptkbp:influencedBy gptkb:Lord_Byron
gptkb:Sir_Walter_Scott
gptkbp:language English
gptkbp:memberOfParliamentFor gptkb:Lincoln
gptkb:Hertfordshire
gptkb:St_Ives
gptkb:Bletchingley
gptkbp:mother gptkb:Elizabeth_Barbara_Lytton
gptkbp:nationality British
gptkbp:notableWork gptkb:Pelham
gptkb:Eugene_Aram
gptkb:Paul_Clifford
gptkb:The_Coming_Race
gptkb:Zanoni
gptkb:Rienzi
gptkb:Night_and_Morning
gptkb:The_Last_Days_of_Pompeii
gptkbp:occupation gptkb:writer
politician
gptkbp:party gptkb:Whig
gptkb:Conservative
gptkbp:peerage gptkb:Baron_Lytton
gptkbp:period 19th century
gptkbp:restingPlace St Edmund's Chapel, Lytton Mausoleum, Knebworth, Hertfordshire
gptkbp:signature Edward Bulwer-Lytton signature.svg
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Rosina_Doyle_Wheeler
gptkbp:title gptkb:1st_Baron_Lytton
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Victor_Bulwer-Lytton,_2nd_Earl_of_Lytton
gptkb:Noel_Lytton,_3rd_Earl_of_Lytton
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