William Martin Leake
British military man, diplomat and antiquary (1777-1860) · Politicians · Died at 82
Colonel William Martin Leake, FRS was a British Army officer, spy, topographer, diplomat, antiquarian and writer who served in the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars. He spent much of his career in the British army in the Mediterranean seaports.
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Leake developed an interest in geography and culture of the regions visited, and authored a number of works, mainly about Greece.
