NOUN | person | Richard Leakey, Leakey, Richard Erskine Leakey | English paleontologist (son of Louis Leakey and Mary Leakey) who continued the work of his parents |
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Meaning | 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). | |
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Synonyms | Leakey, Richard Erskine Leakey | |
Instance of | anthropologist | A social scientist who specializes in anthropology |
paleontologist, palaeontologist, fossilist | A specialist in paleontology | |
Spanish | Richard Erskine Leakey, Richard Leakey | |
Catalan | Richard Erskine Frere Leakey, Richard Leakey |
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