William Leet 1833–1898 Source: Wikimedia Commons About William Leet Recipient of the Victoria Cross (1833-1898) People from the Same Era Emma Koechlin-Schwartz 1838–1911 philanthropist Mulhouse Gilbert Carlton Walker 1833–1885 banker, lawyer, politician Susquehanna County Lars Oftedal 1838–1900 Lutheran pastor, editing staff, hymnwriter, journalist, politician Stavanger María del Carmen Cortés y Santa Anna 1841–1872 writer Xalapa Bryan M. Thomas 1836–1905 military officer Milledgeville Otto E. A. Hjelt 1823–1913 anatomist, pathologist, physician, university teacher Turku