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Walter Savage Landor Dickens (8 February 1841 – 31 December 1863) was the fourth child and second son of English novelist Charles Dickens and his wife Catherine. He became an officer cadet in the East India Company 's Presidency armies just before the Indian Rebellion of 1857.
Landor greatly admired Dickens's works, and was especially moved by the character of Nell Trent (from The Old Curiosity Shop). Landor was affectionately adapted by Dickens as Lawrence Boythorn in Bleak House. He was the godfather of Dickens's son Walter Landor Dickens.
31 de dic. de 2019 · On his 52 birthday (7 February, 1864) Charles Dickens received word that his son, Walter Landor, had died in India on 31 December 1863. A few days later Dickens described the circumstances of Walter’s death in a long letter to Angela Burdett Coutts (12 February 1864).
Walter Savage Landor Dickens. (8 February 1841 31 December 1863) The fourth child of Charles and Catherine Dickens was named after Dickens' friend, the author Walter Savage Landor. He was nicknamed "Young Skull" by his father and showed an aptitude for writing from an early age.
1775–1864. Culture Club / Getty. As a poet, Walter Savage Landor was best known for his classic epigrams and idylls. He was a seriously emulative classicist and wrote a significant proportion of his poetry in Latin, which was also the original language of some of the long and short poems that he published in English.
24 de ene. de 2015 · Landor was a choleric individual, given to sudden rages, whilst also magnanimous, kind-hearted and loyal to his friends. Dickens wrote him into Bleak House as the character Boythorn; and a Boythorn-ish energy and vitality very often breaks through the classical refinement of the verse.
Walter Landor Dickens, the fourth child of Charles Dickens and Catherine Hogarth Dickens, was born on 8th February, 1841, at the family home of 48 Doughty Street to 1 Devonshire Terrace, York Gate, close to Regent's Park. Walter was not a very successful student and when he was sixteen his father arranged for him to be sent to India to join the ...
