[1] Leeming was Head of the English Department at Robert College in Istanbul, Turkey, from 1958 to 1963.
[1] Leeming has written variously in comparative literature of mythology and edited numerous encyclopedias and dictionaries on the subject.
He has also written biographies on Beauford Delaney, James Baldwin, and Stephen Spender.
[1] Leeming is a member of the Modern Language Association of America and the Federation of University Teachers.
[1] On July 2, 1967, Leeming married Pamela Elaine Fraser, with whom he has the daughters Margaret Adams and Juliet Ann.