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1802 – 1838Letitia Elizabeth Landon (1802-1838)Died 15 October 1838, aged 36Letitia Elizabeth Landon, known by her initials L.E.L. and one of the most widely read English poets of her generation, died suddenly at Cape Coast Castle in present-day Ghana shortly after arriving with her new husband. The cause, officially ruled accidental prussic acid poisoning, has remained disputed by biographers. Her poetry and literary annuals had made her a major figure in Romantic-era British literary culture.