Dr. Richard Erskine Frere Leakey

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Dr._Richard_Erskine_Frere_Leakey
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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:archaeologist
environmentalist
politician
gptkbp:almaMater Lenana School
gptkbp:awardReceived gptkb:Commander_of_the_Order_of_the_British_Empire
gptkb:Fellow_of_the_Royal_Society
gptkbp:birthDate 1944-12-19
gptkbp:birthPlace gptkb:Nairobi,_Kenya
gptkbp:causeOfDeath undisclosed
gptkbp:child gptkb:Louise_Leakey
gptkbp:deathDate 2022-01-02
gptkbp:deathPlace gptkb:Nairobi,_Kenya
gptkbp:discoveredBy gptkb:Turkana_Boy
numerous hominid fossils at Lake Turkana
gptkbp:fieldOfWork gptkb:politics
conservation
paleoanthropology
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Dr. Richard Erskine Frere Leakey
gptkbp:knownFor discoveries of early hominid fossils
leadership of Kenya Wildlife Service
gptkbp:memberOf gptkb:Royal_Society
gptkb:Kenya_National_Assembly
gptkbp:nationality gptkb:Kenyan
gptkbp:notableWork gptkb:The_Sixth_Extinction
gptkb:One_Life
Origins
The Making of Mankind
gptkbp:occupation Director of National Museums of Kenya
Head of Kenya Wildlife Service
gptkbp:parent gptkb:Louis_Leakey
gptkb:Mary_Leakey
gptkbp:politicalParty gptkb:Safina_Party
gptkbp:sibling gptkb:Philip_Leakey
gptkb:Jonathan_Leakey
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Meave_Leakey
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Chancellor,_Moi_University
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7