William Martin Leake

1777–1860 (age 83)

Biography

William Martin Leake distinguished himself as a soldier and topographer, serving in the British Army in the Mediterranean before turning his energies to mapping and describing Greece’s antiquities with painstaking accuracy.

His published travels and dictionaries guided archaeologists and travellers alike, and he shared the fruits of his work with learned societies, leaving a legacy of trustworthiness now commemorated at Kensal Green Cemetery.

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