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Louis Leakey
Sign in to saveAlso known as Louis Seymour Bazett Leakey, L.S.B. Leakey, L. S. B. Leakey
kenyan-British archaeologist and naturalist
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Louis Seymour Bazett Leakey was a Kenyan anthropologist, archaeologist, paleontologist, and autobiographer. Born in Nairobi in 1903, he was educated at St John's College and served as an employee of the University of Cambridge. He was married to Mary Leakey and was the father of Richard Leakey. Leakey died in London in 1972 from a myocardial infarction.
His field of work was archaeology, and he authored several works, including *Mau Mau and the Kikuyu*, *Defeating Mau Mau*, and *The loiterers and other poems*. He received the Vega Medal, the Prestwich Medal, and the Hubbard Medal. Leakey was of English ethnic origin and spoke English.
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Person · Open Library
- Works
- 8
Top works
- Mau Mau and the Kikuyu
- Defeating Mau Mau
- The loiterers and other poems
- Defeating Mau Mau
- Mau Mau and the Kikuyu
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Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
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- Reproducible, interactive, scalable and extensible microbiome data science using QIIME 2
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- The american rheumatism association 1987 revised criteria for the classification of rheumatoid arthritis
· 1988 · cited 15,808x
- <i>WinGX</i>suite for small-molecule single-crystal crystallography
· 1999 · cited 15,221x
- The 2016 World Health Organization Classification of Tumors of the Central Nervous System: a summary
· 2016 · cited 13,374x
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Key facts
- Born
- Louis Seymour Bazet Leakey , ( 1903-08-07 ) 7 August 1903, Kabete , East Africa Protectorate
- Died
- 1 October 1972 (1972-10-01) (aged 69), London, England
- Education
- St John's College, Cambridge ( BA , PhD )
- Known for
- Pioneering the study of human evolution in Africa
- Spouses
- Frida Avern ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1928 ; divorced</span>"}]]}'>div. 1936 ) Mary Leakey ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1936 )
- Children
- 5, including Colin Leakey Richard Leakey Philip Leakey
- Awards
- Hubbard Medal (1962), Royal Geographical Society's Founder's Medal (1968), Prestwich Medal (1969)
- Fields
- Archaeology , palaeoanthropology , palaeontology
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Encyclopedic overview
Louis Seymour Bazett Leakey (7 August 1903 – 1 October 1972) was a Kenyan-British palaeoanthropologist and archaeologist whose work was important in demonstrating that humans evolved in Africa, particularly through discoveries made at Olduvai Gorge with his wife, fellow palaeoanthropologist Mary Leakey. Having established a programme of palaeoanthropological inquiry in eastern Africa, he also motivated many future generations to continue this scholarly work. Several members of the Leakey family became prominent scholars themselves.
Another of Leakey's legacies stems from his role in fostering field research of primates in their natural habitats, which he saw as key to understanding human evolution. He personally focused on three female researchers, Jane Goodall, Dian Fossey, and Birutė Galdikas, calling them "The Trimates." Each went on to become an important scholar in the field of primatology. Leakey also encouraged and supported many other PhD candidates, most notably from the University of Cambridge. As well, Leakey played a role in creating organisations for future research in Africa and for protecting wildlife there.
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