Biography of P. B. Shelley
Percy Bysshe Shelley (1792-1822) Birth- P. B. Shelley was born on 4 August 1792 at Field Place near Horsham, England. Father and Mother- His father's name was Timothy Shelley and mother's name was Elizabeth Shelley. His father was the MP for the New Shoreham. His mother was a landowner at Sussex. He had four younger sisters and one younger brother. His cousin Thomas Medwin wrote P.B. Shelley's biography 'The Life of Percy Bysshe Shelley'. Early Life and Education- He attended Sion House Academy from 1802-1804 and in 1804 he joined Eton College. He fared poorly and was subjected to daily mob torment by older boys, who aptly called these incidents 'Shelley-baits' In 1810 he entered University College, Oxford. It was considered that he attended only one lecture at Oxford, but read sixteen hours a day. After a year he was expelled from the college along…