# Algernon Swinburne — The Education of Henry Adams character guide

> Algernon Swinburne in The Education of Henry Adams by Henry Adams.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Mr. Algernon Swinburne, Swinburne, Of Swinburne

**First appearance:** 0014-xii-eccentricity-1863

## Who they are

English poet and critic, met in London.

## Relationships

### [Henry Adams](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_education_of_henry_adams_se/characters/henry_adams)

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Algernon Swinburne was a bohemian poet and acquaintance of Henry Adams, representing the artistic fringe of Victorian society.

## In the story

### [XIII: The Perfection of Human Society (1864)](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_education_of_henry_adams_se/chapters/xiii-the-perfection-of-human-society-1864)

Swinburne is noted as one who might be fit to interpret the complex social phenomena of Garibaldi and Mme. de Castiglione.

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