Shelley was born on August 4, 1792. From his
childhood, he possessed a fierce independence of spirit and bitterly hated all forms of tyranny.At Eton, he read widely, including political theory and romantic tales. In the fall of 1810. At Oxford, he and Thomas Hogg published The Necessity of Atheism and defiantly refused to answer questions about this work put to them by university authorities, so they were expelled.
Shelley spend his life travelling around Europe, meeting various poets and journalists, writing poems, political pamphlets, essays.
On July 8, 1822 Shelley drowned in a sudden storm while sailing back from Livorno to Lerici in his shooner. Body cremated, except for the heart, which Mary kept.