COURTNEY, WILLIAM LEONARD (1850-1928), British journalist, was born at Poona on Jan. 5, 185o, and was edu cated at Bath and at University college, Oxford. He was elected fellow of Merton college in 1872 and of New college in 1876. In 1890 he left Oxford and joined the editorial staff of The Daily Telegraph, London, where he spent many years as literary editor and dramatic critic, retiring in 1924. He edited Murray's Maga zine for a short time in 1890-91 and became editor of The Fort nightly Review in 1894. He died in London, Nov. 1, 1928.
Courtney's numerous works include Studies on Philosophy (1882) ; Life of John Stuart Mill (1889) ; Kit Marlowe (a drama in blank verse produced at the St. James's Theatre, London, in 1893) ; The Passing Hour (1925).