Robert Leighton was a Scottish journalist, editor, and writer of boys' fiction. He was an editor of juvenile magazines, and through his work at Young Folks he met his future wife Marie Connor, a prolific author in her own right. Leighton became an expert on dogs and their care and produced many works on this topic.
- Occupation
- writer, novelist, journalist, editing staff
- Born
- 1859, June 5, 1858
- Died
- 1934, May 11, 1934
