Edward Thurlow Leeds (29 July 1877 – 17 August 1955) was an English archaeologist and museum curator.

He was born in Eyebury, Peterborough on 29 July 1877, the second son of Alfred Nicholson Leeds, palaeontologist and Fellow of the Geological Society, and his wife Ferrier.

In five years of convalescence, he spent much time on geological work in the gravel pits at Eyebury, where his interest in archaeology developed.

[2] Leeds saw a draft of the book and began writing a response to an essay by C. F. C. Hawkes.

Though incomplete, the paper was edited by Sonia Chadwick and published posthumously in the first volume of Medieval Archaeology.