Dr. Richard Leakey

GPTKB entity

Properties (47)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf paleoanthropologist
gptkbp:affiliation gptkb:University_of_California,_Berkeley
gptkb:National_Museums_of_Kenya
gptkb:University_of_Nairobi
gptkbp:awards gptkb:Gold_Medal_from_the_Royal_Geographical_Society
Honorary_Doctorate_from_the_University_of_Edinburgh
Honorary_Doctorate_from_the_University_of_Toronto
gptkbp:birthPlace Nairobi,_Kenya
gptkbp:born December 19, 1944
gptkbp:children gptkb:Louise_Leakey
gptkb:Philip_Leakey
gptkb:Richard_Leakey_Jr.
gptkbp:deathPlace Nairobi,_Kenya
gptkbp:died January 2, 2022
gptkbp:field archaeology
environmental science
wildlife conservation
conservation
paleoanthropology
human origins
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Dr. Richard Leakey
gptkbp:influenced paleontology
public understanding of evolution
paleoanthropology community
environmental_policy_in_Kenya
gptkbp:influencedBy gptkb:Louis_Leakey
gptkb:Jane_Goodall
gptkb:Mary_Leakey
gptkbp:knownFor fossil discoveries
advocacy for wildlife conservation
human evolution research
pioneering research on early hominids
gptkbp:nationality British
Kenyan
gptkbp:notableWork gptkb:The_Leakey_Foundation
The Last of the Wild
The Sixth Extinction
The Origins of Humankind
The Fossil Trail
The Human Odyssey
Wildlife Wars
The Leakey Family
The Origins of Man
gptkbp:occupation anthropologist
conservationist
gptkbp:residence Nairobi,_Kenya
gptkbp:spouse Meave Leakey