Mary Douglas Leakey

Mary Douglas Leakey
noun
English paleontologist (the wife of Louis Leakey) who discovered the Zinjanthropus skull that was 1,750,000 years old (1913-1996)
Syn: ↑Leakey, ↑Mary Leakey
Instance Hypernyms: ↑paleontologist, ↑palaeontologist, ↑fossilist, ↑anthropologist

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  • Douglas (Vorname) — Douglas ist ein männlicher Vorname. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1 Herkunft und Bedeutung 2 Varianten 3 Bekannte Namensträger 4 Fiktive Personen …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Leakey, Meave G. — ▪ 2008 Meave Epps  born July 28, 1942, London, Eng.       By 2007 paleoanthropologist Meave Leakey had engaged in fossil finding fieldwork in the study of human origins for more than 35 years, and as the wife of Richard Leakey (son of Louis and… …   Universalium

  • Leakey, Louis S.B. — ▪ Kenyan archaeologist and anthropologist in full  Louis Seymour Bazett Leakey  born August 7, 1903, Kabete, Kenya died October 1, 1972, London, England  Kenyan archaeologist and anthropologist whose fossil discoveries in East Africa proved that… …   Universalium

  • 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

  • Mary Leakey — noun English paleontologist (the wife of Louis Leakey) who discovered the Zinjanthropus skull that was 1,750,000 years old (1913 1996) • Syn: ↑Leakey, ↑Mary Douglas Leakey • Instance Hypernyms: ↑paleontologist, ↑palaeontologist, ↑fossilist,… …   Useful english dictionary

  • Mary Leakey — Mary Leakey, 1977 Mary (Douglas Nicol) Leakey (* 6. Februar 1913 in London; † 9. Dezember 1996 in Nairobi) war eine Archäologin und eine der bedeutendsten Paläoanthropologen des 20. Jahrhunderts. Sie fand unter anderem 1959 das erste Fossil eines …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Mary Leakey — Born 6 February 1913(1913 02 06) London, England …   Wikipedia

  • 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

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