William Martin Leake
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British military man, diplomat and antiquary, 1777-1860
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(Suggest an Edit or Addition)According to Wikipedia, William Martin Leake FRS 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.
