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William Martin Leake

1777 - 1860

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William Martin Leake FRS (14 January 1777 – 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. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. William Martin Leake is the 5,603rd most popular writer (down from 4,799th in 2019), the 4,534th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 3,496th in 2019) and the 490th most popular British Writer.

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Among writers, William Martin Leake ranks 5,603 out of 7,302. Before him are Philip Agee, Marianne Williamson, Gevorg Emin, John Norman, Patrick Chamoiseau, and Karl Leberecht Immermann. After him are Pietro Citati, José Gil Fortoul, Lőrinc Szabó, Riccardo Bacchelli, Mari Jungstedt, and Keri Hulme.

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Among people born in 1777, William Martin Leake ranks 42. Before him are Louis Hersent, Antoine Risso, Carlos Anaya, Juan Martín de Pueyrredón, Luis María de Borbón y Vallabriga, and Roger B. Taney. After him are Thomas Campbell, John George Children, and Felix Grundy. Among people deceased in 1860, William Martin Leake ranks 61. Before him are John Neumann, Sergei Petrovich Trubetskoy, Juan Rafael Mora Porras, Carl Edvard Rotwitt, Friedrich Christoph Dahlmann, and Francisco Ruiz-Tagle. After him are Casimiro de Abreu, Thomas Brisbane, James Wilson, John Nelson, Rembrandt Peale, and Samuel D. Ingham.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, William Martin Leake ranks 4,535 out of 8,785. Before him are Sophie Muller (1962), Alan Clark (1952), Cecil Griffiths (1900), Julian Byng, 1st Viscount Byng of Vimy (1862), Kingsley Ben-Adir (1986), and James Carnegie, 3rd Duke of Fife (1929). After him are Calvin Harris (1984), Robin Trower (1945), Timothy West (1934), David Octavius Hill (1802), Peter Doig (1959), and Greg Wise (1966).

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Among WRITERS In United Kingdom

Among writers born in United Kingdom, William Martin Leake ranks 490. Before him are George Chapman (1559), Clara Reeve (1729), George Lillo (1691), Catharine Trotter Cockburn (1674), Robert Herrick (1591), and Thomas Linacre (1460). After him are Sam Houser (1972), Henry Lincoln (1930), Martin Litchfield West (1937), Stephen Leacock (1869), Sarah Fuller Flower Adams (1805), and John Braine (1922).

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