A Biography of Percy Shelley

For those who do not want to read a long biography on Percy Bysshe Shelley, I summed up a biography for your convenience. 

Percy Bysshe Shelley, the oldest of 7, was born on August 4, 1792. He enrolled at Oxford University in 1810, but was expelled along with his friend, Thomas Jefferson Hogg, a few months later. After getting expelled, Shelley's caring father visited him and insisted that Shelley be-friend Hogg and change his beliefs in free love, atheism, vegetarianism, and political radicalism. Percy was definitely not happy, so he refused to change and befriend Mr. Hogg. To top of his rebellious actions, Shelley decided to elope with, 16 year-old, Harriet Westbrook. 

During his vacation in Ireland, Shelley's poem "Queen Mab" came out in 1813. He then met his future father in-law and hero, William Godwin. This is the place where Shelley ditched his first wife and met the love of his life, Mary Godwin, who was a radical and an idealist just like himself. Later on Mary wrote two novels that are still well known today, Frankenstein and The Last Man. In 1814, Percy and Mary eloped in Switzerland and became Mr. and Mrs. Shelley. 

Mary already had a daughter, Ianthe, but she gave birth to another a son named Charles, on November 30, 1814. After a few months of living together Mary had once again on February 22, 1815, gave birth to another daughter, who had only lived for a few days. The couple had gotten busy again, and Mary gave birth to her last son, William, in January 1816. 

Harriet was pregnant by another man, so she drowned herself a couple months after Mary's half-sister committed suicide in October. In December, Percy married Mary, but they lost the custody of their children to Harriet's family. They Shelley couple had left England and moved to Italy in 1818. There, their new born daughter, Clara, and their son William died. On the bright side, Mary gave birth to another son, Percy Florence. 

After meeting up with a couple friends, including Lord Byron, Shelley sailed a yacht back home. During the journey, Shelley drowned at sea due to a fierce storm. Mary Shelley continued his career by editing his poems, which advanced Shelley's fame after his death.