Richard Erskine Leakey

Richard Erskine Leakey
noun
English paleontologist (son of Louis Leakey and Mary Leakey) who continued the work of his parents; he was appointed director of a wildlife preserve in Kenya but resigned under political pressure (born in 1944)
Syn: ↑Leakey, ↑Richard Leakey
Instance Hypernyms: ↑paleontologist, ↑palaeontologist, ↑fossilist, ↑anthropologist

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  • Richard Erskine Leakey — (* 19. Dezember 1944 in Nairobi) gehört zusammen mit seiner Frau Meave Leakey in zweiter Generation zu einer weltweit bekannten Familie bedeutender Paläoanthropologen. Er fand am Turkana See u.a. fossile Schädel von Homo habilis und Homo erectus …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Leakey , Richard Erskine — (1944–) Kenyan anthropologist Richard Leakey was born at Nairobi in Kenya, the son of the famous scholars Louis and Mary Leakey. Having left school at sixteen, he first worked as a hunter and animal collector before turning in 1964 to the search… …   Scientists

  • Richard Leakey — im Jahr 1972 Richard Erskine Leakey (* 19. Dezember 1944 in Nairobi) gehört zusammen mit seiner Frau Meave Leakey in zweiter Generation zu einer weltweit bekannten Familie bedeutender Paläoanthropologen. Er fand am Turkana See u. a. fossile… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Leakey — noun 1. English paleontologist (son of Louis Leakey and Mary Leakey) who continued the work of his parents; he was appointed director of a wildlife preserve in Kenya but resigned under political pressure (born in 1944) • Syn: ↑Richard Leakey,… …   Useful english dictionary

  • Richard Leakey — noun English paleontologist (son of Louis Leakey and Mary Leakey) who continued the work of his parents; he was appointed director of a wildlife preserve in Kenya but resigned under political pressure (born in 1944) • Syn: ↑Leakey, ↑Richard… …   Useful english dictionary

  • Richard Leakey — Saltar a navegación, búsqueda Para otros usos de este término, véase Leakey. Richard Erskine Frere Leakey …   Wikipedia Español

  • Richard Leakey — Richard Erskine Frere Leakey (born 19 December 1944 in Nairobi, Kenya), is a Kenyan politician, paleoanthropologist and conservationist. He is second of the three sons of the archaeologists Louis Leakey and Mary Leakey, and is the younger brother …   Wikipedia

  • Leakey — es una dinastía de investigadores, arqueólogos, antropólogos y, especialmente paleontólogos, naturales de Kenia, descendientes de colonos de raza blanca: Louis Leakey es el fundador y patriarca de la familia, famoso investigador que revolucionó… …   Wikipedia Español

  • Leakey —   [ liːkɪ],    1) Louis Seymour Bazett, kenianischer Paläontologe und Prähistoriker britischer Abkunft, * Kabete (bei Nairobi) 7. 8. 1903, ✝ London 1. 10. 1972, Ȋ mit 2), Vater von 3); entdeckte 1932 bei Kanam und Kanjera primitive Steinwerkzeuge …   Universal-Lexikon

  • Leakey, Richard — ▪ 1995       In January 1994 Richard Leakey resigned from his position as director of the Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS), after being accused of arrogance, corruption, and racism by high ranking Kenyan officials. The famed paleontologist and… …   Universalium

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