David Leach (professor)
David Leach may refer to: * David Leach (potter) (1911–2005), English studio potter * David Leach (admiral) (1928–2020), Royal Australian Navy officer * David Leach (activist) David Francis Leach is an American anti-abortion activist from Des Moines, Iowa. He publishes the ''Prayer & Action News'' quarterly newsletter (1989–present), and edits the website ''The Partnership Machine'' (1998–present) which covers so ...

David Leach (potter)
David Andrew Leach OBE (7 May 1911 – 15 February 2005) was an English studio potter and the elder son of Bernard Leach and Muriel Hoyle Leach, Bernard's first wife. David Leach was born in Tokyo, Japan, where his father met Shoji Hamada, and came to England in 1920 for education at Dauntsey's School, Wiltshire.http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/obituaries/article518442.ece He began an apprenticeship with his father at the Leach Pottery St Ives, Cornwall, in 1930 and trained as a pottery manager at the North Staffordshire Technical College, Stoke-on-Trent, 1935-37. He subsequently managed the pottery, changing over from a wood-burning to an oil-burning kiln and modernising the workshop. During the Second World War Leach became liable to call-up in 1941, but, as a Christian pacifist, expressed his conscientious objection by refusing to don uniform. After two courts-martial, he finally accepted enlistment in the Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry. In 1955 Leach left St ...
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David Leach (admiral)
Vice Admiral David Willoughby Leach, (17 July 1928 –19 January 2020) was a senior officer of the Royal Australian Navy, who served as Chief of the Naval Staff from 1982 to 1985. Early life Leach was born in Subiaco, Western Australia, on 17 July 1928 to John Digby Leach, a First World War veteran and later Commissioner of Main Roads in Western Australia, and his wife Grace Lilian. Initially educated at Perth Modern School, Leach entered the Royal Australian Naval College in January 1942 aged thirteen. Naval career Leach commanded the guided missile destroyers and HMAS ''Perth'' during the Vietnam War for which he was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire in 1969. In 1970 he managed naval liaison for the Royal Visit to Australia for which he was appointed a Lieutenant of the Royal Victorian Order. He was appointed Flag Officer Commanding HM Australian Fleet in 1979 and Chief of the Naval Staff in 1982. He was made a Companion of the Order of Aust ...
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