William Leonard Courtney (1850-1928) was an English author, born at Poona, India, and educated at Oxford. Headmaster of Somersetshire College, Bath, and editor of the Fortnightly Review, his works include Studies on Philosophy (1882), Constructive Ethics (1886), Studies New and Old (1888), The Life of John Stuart Mill (1889), The Idea of Tragedy (1900), and The Development of Maeterlinck (1904).
