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William Martin Leake (1777–1860)
Leake, William Martin. An English antiquarian and classical topographer; born at London, Jan. 14, 1777; died at Brighton, Jan. 6, 1860. An officer in the West-Indian service (1794–98), and artillery instructor at Constantinople in early life, he later traveled in the East, and was engaged in surveys and diplomatic business for the British government in Greece (1805–9). Among his publications are: ‘Researches in Greece’ (1814); ‘Topography of Athens’ (1821), a learned and still valuable work; ‘Historical Outline of the Greek Revolution’ (1826); ‘Travels in Northern Greece’ (4 vols., 1835); ‘Peloponnesia’ (1846).