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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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of William Martin Leake has received more than 48,949 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. William Martin Leake is the 4,800th most popular writer, the 3,496th most popular biography from United Kingdom and the 396th most popular British Writer.

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  • 1.85

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, William Martin Leake ranks 4,800 out of 7,302. Before him are Myriam Harry, Ki no Tomonori, Gabriello Chiabrera, Robert Bolt, Augusta, Lady Gregory, and Zhang Jie. After him are James Lee Burke, Lygia Bojunga Nunes, Raymond Abellio, Gáspár Heltai, Nicholas Evans, and Irving Wallace.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1777, William Martin Leake ranks 41. Before him are Marie Jules César Savigny, Luis María de Borbón y Vallabriga, Louis Hersent, Juan Martín de Pueyrredón, Antoine Risso, and Carlos Anaya. After him are Roger B. Taney, Thomas Campbell, John George Children, and Felix Grundy. Among people deceased in 1860, William Martin Leake ranks 55. Before him are Martin Rathke, Wilhelmine Schröder-Devrient, Nicolaas Pieneman, Lady Byron, Ludwig Bechstein, and John Neumann. After him are Christian Gmelin, Friedrich Christoph Dahlmann, Christian Ferdinand Friedrich Hochstetter, Francisco Ruiz-Tagle, Juan Rafael Mora Porras, and James Wilson.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, William Martin Leake ranks 3,496 out of 8,785. Before him are Jenny Agutter (1952), Charles Hardinge, 1st Baron Hardinge of Penshurst (1858), Brian Redman (1937), Robert Bolt (1924), Adrienne Corri (1931), and Frederic Thesiger, 2nd Baron Chelmsford (1827). After him are Suze Randall (1946), Pat Roach (1937), John Henry Davies (1864), Douglas Hartree (1897), Nicholas Evans (1950), and Sandy Denny (1947).

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Among WRITERS In United Kingdom

Among writers born in United Kingdom, William Martin Leake ranks 396. Before him are E. L. James (1963), Val McDermid (1955), Edward James (1907), Milo Yiannopoulos (1984), Hannah More (1745), and Robert Bolt (1924). After him are Nicholas Evans (1950), John Lyly (1554), W. W. Jacobs (1863), Mary Elizabeth Braddon (1835), Norman Smith (1923), and Mary Stewart (1916).

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