Leopold George Wickham Legg
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Leopold George Wickham Legg (22 March 1877 – 19 December 1962) was an English academic historian specializing in diplomatic history.
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Leopold George Wickham Legg | |
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Born | (1877-03-22)22 March 1877 |
Died | 19 December 1962(1962-12-19) (aged 85) Winchester, United Kingdom |
Nationality | British |
Education | Winchester College and New College, Oxford |
Occupation(s) | Historian and editor |
Spouse |
Olive Maud Lindsay
(m. 1915–1962) |
Children | Three daughters, one son |
Relatives | John Wickham Legg (father), Frank Willan (son-in-law) |
Military career | |
Allegiance | United Kingdom |
Service/ | Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve |
Rank | Lieutenant |
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An Oxford don from 1908 to 1948, for the Great War Legg was commissioned into the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve. Apart from his own research work, he was editor of the Dictionary of National Biography.