Lytton Bulwer-Lytton

GPTKB entity

Statements (51)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:person
gptkbp:almaMater gptkb:Trinity_College,_Cambridge
gptkbp:award 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
gptkbp:deathDate 1873-01-18
gptkbp:deathPlace gptkb:Torquay,_Devon,_England
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:fullName gptkb:Edward_George_Earle_Lytton_Bulwer-Lytton
gptkbp:genre gptkb:science_fiction
historical fiction
mystery
romance
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Lytton Bulwer-Lytton
gptkbp:influenced Victorian literature
gptkbp:influencedBy gptkb:Lord_Byron
gptkb:Walter_Scott
gptkbp:language English
gptkbp:memberOf gptkb:Privy_Council_of_the_United_Kingdom
gptkbp:mother gptkb:Elizabeth_Barbara_Lytton
gptkbp:nationality British
gptkbp:notableWork gptkb:Paul_Clifford
gptkb:The_Coming_Race
gptkb:Zanoni
gptkb:Rienzi
gptkb:Night_and_Morning
gptkb:The_Last_Days_of_Pompeii
gptkbp:occupation novelist
politician
songwriter
gptkbp:parliamentaryService gptkb:Member_of_Parliament_for_Lincoln
gptkb:Member_of_Parliament_for_St_Ives
Member of Parliament for Hertfordshire
gptkbp:party gptkb:Whig
gptkb:Conservative
Liberal
gptkbp:peerage gptkb:Baron_Lytton
gptkbp:positionHeld gptkb:Secretary_of_State_for_the_Colonies
gptkbp:predecessor gptkb:Henry_Labouchere
gptkbp:restingPlace gptkb:St_Edmund's_Chapel,_St_Mary's_Church,_Hertfordshire
gptkbp:signature Edward Bulwer-Lytton signature.svg
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Rosina_Doyle_Wheeler
gptkbp:successor gptkb:The_Duke_of_Newcastle
gptkbp:termEnd 1859
gptkbp:termStart 1858
gptkbp:title gptkb:1st_Baron_Lytton
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Ethel_Churchill
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7