William Martin Leake
English soldier, antiquary and spy (1777ā1860) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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William Martin Leake FRS (14 January 1777 ā 6 January 1860) was an English soldier, spy, topographer, diplomat, antiquarian, writer, and Fellow of the Royal Society. He served in the British Army, spending much of his career in the Mediterranean seaports. He developed an interest in geography and culture of the regions visited, and authored a number of works, mainly about Greece.
Not to be confused with William Ralph Martin-Leake.