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Louis Seymour Bazett Leakey

The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Louis Seymour Bazett Leakey , 1903-72, British archaeologist and anthropologist of E Africa, b. Kabete, Kenya; father of Richard Leakey . His fossil discoveries in E Africa demonstrated that humans were far older than had previously been suspected. Leakey, the son of missionary parents, grew up among the Kikuyu people of Kenya. After studying at Cambridge Univ., he began his archaeological research in E Africa in 1924. Leakey was curator of the Coryndon Museum of Nairobi (1945-61), after which he did research and taught in Africa, England, and the United States. In 1959, Mary Leakey, his w... Read more
Leakey, Louis Seymour Bazett

Leakey, Louis Seymour Bazett (1903–72) English palaeoanthropologist and archaeologist, who discovered fossils in East Africa that proved man to be older than previously thought. In 1931, Leakey began to research Olduvai Gorge , n Tanzania. Working with his wife Mary ...

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Leakey family

Family of archaeologists and paleoanthropologists known for their discoveries of hominin and other fossil remains in eastern Africa. Louis S.B. Leakey (b. 1903—d. 1972), born of British missionary parents, grew up in Kenya, was educated at Cambridge University, and eventually (1931) began ...

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DENYING HISTORY IN COLONIAL KENYA: THE ANTHROPOLOGY AND ARCHEOLOGY OF G.W.B. HUNTINGFORD AND L.S.B. LEAKEY
; ...Huntingford (1901-1978) and Louis Seymour Bazett Leakey (1903-72), both of British...western highlands, whereas Leakey was born and raised in...average missionary too. Leakey proved capable of offending...scholar (or a "scientist" in Leakey's case). Moreover, ... Read more
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; TODAY: Births: Mata Hari (Margaretha Geertruide Zelle), German spy, 1876; Louis Seymour Bazett Leakey, archaeologist and anthropologist, 1903; Deaths: Caroline, Queen of George IV, 1821; Konstantin Stanislavsky (Konstantin Sergeyevich Alekseyev), theatre director, 1938; Oliver Norvell Hardy, film ... Read more

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