# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/walter-leaf
# Generated: 2026-08-13T11:31:52.150Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/walter-leaf"
name: "Walter Leaf"
slug: "walter-leaf"
description: "Sir Walter Leaf was an English banker, classical scholar, and psychical researcher. He published a benchmark edition of Homer's Iliad and was a director of Westminster Bank for many years, eventually becoming its chairman. He was a co-founder and later president of the International Chamber of Commerce and served as president of the Institute of Bankers, the Hellenic Society, and the Classical Association. He married Charlotte Symonds, the daughter of John Addington Symonds. He was a Cambridge Apostle."
tagline: "English banker and classical scholar (1852-1927)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Walter_Leaf_by_Henry_Herschel_Hay_Cameron.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United Kingdom"
  isoCode: "GB"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1852-11-26"
deathDate: "1927-03-08"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           36.05
  momentum:             0
  historical:           4.6036
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     30
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AA%D8%B1_%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%A7%D9%81"
    title: "والتر لياف"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_Leaf"
    title: "Walter Leaf"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AA%D8%B1_%D9%84%DB%8C%D9%81"
    title: "والتر لیف"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_Leaf"
    title: "Walter Leaf"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/1afd28c5-5dd2-44c4-9428-665d8a64c99a"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5942182"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump