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Letitia Elizabeth Landon

1802 - 1838

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Letitia Elizabeth Landon (14 August 1802 – 15 October 1838) was an English poet and novelist, better known by her initials L.E.L. Her first major breakthrough came with The Improvisatrice and she developed the metrical romance towards the Victorian ideal of the Victorian monologue, influencing fellow English writers such as Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Robert Browning, Alfred Tennyson and Christina Rossetti. Her influence can also be found in the United States, where she was very popular. Edgar Allan Poe regarded her genius as self-evident. In spite of her wide influence, due to the perceived immorality of Landon's lifestyle, her works were largely ignored or misrepresented after her death. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2024). Letitia Elizabeth Landon is the 6,660th most popular writer (up from 6,713th in 2024), the 6,176th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 6,142nd in 2019) and the 686th most popular British Writer.

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Among writers, Letitia Elizabeth Landon ranks 6,660 out of 7,302. Before her are Johanna Sinisalo, Andrus Kivirähk, Joe Medicine Crow, Nayantara Sahgal, Wayne C. Booth, and Man Haron Monis. After her are James Weldon Johnson, Muhsin Hendricks, Camilla Grebe, Hanan al-Shaykh, N. K. Jemisin, and James Patrick Kelly.

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Among people born in 1802, Letitia Elizabeth Landon ranks 64. Before her are Lydia Maria Child, Manuel María Lombardini, David Octavius Hill, Andrei Stackenschneider, Miguel de San Román, and Gideon Welles. After her are Chand Kaur, and Benjamin Fitzpatrick. Among people deceased in 1838, Letitia Elizabeth Landon ranks 37. Before her are Piet Retief, Ludwig Abeille, Thomas Andrew Knight, Friedrich Accum, Maria Cosway, and Paine Wingate. After her is Nathaniel Bowditch.

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Among people born in United Kingdom, Letitia Elizabeth Landon ranks 6,178 out of 8,785. Before her are Evelyn Glennie (1965), Jann Mardenborough (1991), John Rae (1813), Jonny Buckland (1977), Gil Merrick (1922), and John Lundvik (1983). After her are Billy Fury (1940), Daniel Kaluuya (1989), Gugu Mbatha-Raw (1983), Mason Mount (1999), Steve Valentine (1966), and Mark Richardson (1972).

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Among writers born in United Kingdom, Letitia Elizabeth Landon ranks 686. Before her are Derek Taylor (1932), Alfred Austin (1835), Dinah Craik (1826), Charles Stross (1964), Stanley Middleton (1919), and Conn Iggulden (1971). After her are Lady Gabriella Kingston (1981), Mary Russell Mitford (1787), Ronald Firbank (1886), Jeff Noon (1957), Jane Taylor (1783), and Eric Linklater (1899).

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