Edmund Law Rogers, also known under the pseudonym Leslie Edmunds, was a stage actor who appeared in dramas such as The Octoroon. He is also a founding father of the Kappa Sigma fraternity at the University of Virginia. Eventually his interest in acting turned into a career in the theater in 1880. Rogers was a popular lead and supporting actor for productions of the time. He was quick of wit and possessed enormous charm. Rogers died December 19, 1893; he was buried in his family's cemetery, the Rogers-Buchanan Family Cemetery in Baltimore, Maryland in Druid Hill.