Leslie L. R. Hausburg

Leslie Leopold Rudolph Hausburg (May 1872 – 3 July 1917)[1] was a British philatelist who was one of the "Fathers of Philately".

He was educated at Tunbridge Wells, Clifton and then Trinity College, Cambridge where he graduated with a B.A.

At 23 he married Beatrice Riseley, a member of a noted tennis family.

Hausburg played with success at various tennis tournaments including Wimbledon.

He made plating studies of Victoria, Peru, Mexico, and Venezuela, and was an expert on the perforations of the stamps of Australia.