Leonard V. (Leonard Victor) Dalton

Born in 1887, Leonard Victor Dalton was a British writer and scientist who published Venezuela in 1912. Contemporary editions present him as a B.Sc. (London) and a fellow of both the Geological Society and the Royal Geographical Society, suggesting a strong grounding in earth science and exploration.

His best-known book combines geography, geology, natural history, and history in a broad survey of Venezuela. In the book’s introductory note, Dalton thanks British officials, residents, and local contacts for help during his stay in the country, indicating that the work grew out of direct travel rather than armchair research.

The basic published record available online is quite slim, but standard library and ebook catalogs consistently identify him as "Leonard V. (Leonard Victor) Dalton, 1887–1914." That gives his career a poignant shape: a promising author-scholar whose surviving reputation rests largely on a single ambitious travel and reference work completed while he was still very young.