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Walter Leaf
Sir
Walter Leaf
(26 November 1852, Norwood,
Middlesex
– 8 March 1927,
Torquay
) was an
English
banker and classical scholar. He published a benchmark edition of Homer's
Iliad
and was a director of
Westminster Bank
for many years, eventually becoming its chairman. He was a co-founder and later president of the
International Chamber of Commerce
, and served as president of the
Institute of Bankers
, the
Hellenic Society
and the
Classical Association
. He married Charlotte Symonds, daughter of
John Addington Symonds
. He was a
Cambridge Apostle
.
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