Introduction
Born: January 30, 1775, Warwick, England.
Died: September 17, 1864, Florence, Italy.
Buried: Cimitero degli Inglesi, Florence, Italy. Elizabeth Barrett Browning lies nearby.
Born: January 30, 1775, Warwick, England.
Died: September 17, 1864, Florence, Italy.
Buried: Cimitero degli Inglesi, Florence, Italy. Elizabeth Barrett Browning lies nearby.
Walter was the son of Walter Landor and Elizabeth Savage; grandfather of painter, explorer, writer, and anthropologist Arnold Henry Savage Landor; and godfather of Charles Dickens’ second son, Walter Savage Landor Dickens.
He was a prolific poet, writing the bulk of his works in Latin.