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Walter Savage Landor (30 January 1775 – 17 September 1864) was an English writer, poet, and activist.
Landor's best known work is the multi-volume Imaginary Conversations, written during his years living in Italy. He died in Florence at age 89.
Throughout his life, Landor travelled widely and had a notable circle of friends including Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Charles Lamb, Countess Blessington, Robert Browning and Charles Dickens. Landor was the godfather of Dickens's son Walter Landor Dickens.
The writer, explorer, and adventurer Arnold Henry Savage Landor is his grandson.