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John Keats; born 31 October 1795 in Moorgate, London; died 23 February 1821 in Rome; English Romantic poet. He was one of the main figures of the second generation of romantic poets along with Lord Byron and Percy Bysshe Shelley, despite his work only having been in publication for four years before his death.