1792–1822
Percy Bysshe Shelley
British Romantic poet
29years old at death
10,929days lived
2%of the people on this site died younger
Percy Bysshe Shelley was born on 4 August 1792 and died on 8 July 1822, aged 29 years and 338 days. That is 10,929 days in all.
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