Surname: Leask Forename(s): William Keith b. 16 April 1857. d. 2 May 1925. Nationality: Scottish. VIAF.
Poet, editor, and university teacher. Alternative signature: “W. K. Leask.” Born in
Old Machar, Aberdeen. Educated at the University of Aberdeen and Merton and Worcester
Colleges, Oxford. Assistant Professor of Greek at the University of Aberdeen (1881-1887).
Lecturer at the University of Oxford (1889-1894). Returned to Aberdeen in 1894 where
he wrote and edited books. Contributed to Aberdeen University Review and Glasgow Herald. Chambers’s Journal ledger entry for “Voices,” published on 19 May 1891, lists the author as W. K. Leask,
of Worcester College, Oxford (NLS Dep 341/370). Biographical information Foster, Alumni Oxonienses, vols. 3-4, p. 829; University of Aberdeen, <https://calm.abdn.ac.uk/museums/Record.aspx?src=CalmView.Persons&id=NA16179> (27
January 2022); Wikipedia, <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Keith_Leask> (27 January 2022). (AC, CC)