Louis Leakey

GPTKB entity

Statements (50)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:archaeologist
gptkbp:almaMater gptkb:University_of_Cambridge
gptkbp:awardReceived gptkb:Order_of_the_British_Empire
gptkb:Royal_Society_Fellowship
gptkbp:birthDate 1903-08-07
gptkbp:birthName gptkb:Louis_Seymour_Bazett_Leakey
gptkbp:birthPlace gptkb:Kabete,_British_East_Africa_(now_Kenya)
gptkbp:burialPlace gptkb:Westminster_Abbey_(memorial_plaque)
gptkbp:causeOfDeath heart attack
gptkbp:child gptkb:Richard_Leakey
gptkb:Colin_Leakey
gptkb:Philip_Leakey
gptkbp:citizenship gptkb:United_Kingdom
gptkbp:deathDate 1972-10-01
gptkbp:deathPlace gptkb:London,_England
gptkbp:discoveredBy Homo habilis fossils
Paranthropus boisei fossils
gptkbp:ethnicity British
gptkbp:field archaeology
paleoanthropology
gptkbp:foundedIn gptkb:Kenya_National_Museums
gptkb:Leakey_Foundation
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Louis Leakey
gptkbp:influenced gptkb:Jane_Goodall
gptkb:Biruté_Galdikas
gptkb:Dian_Fossey
gptkbp:knownFor Olduvai Gorge excavations
research on human origins in Africa
gptkbp:languageSpoken English
Kikuyu
gptkbp:memberOf gptkb:Royal_Society
gptkb:Kenya_National_Assembly
gptkbp:nationality British
gptkbp:notableWork gptkb:Adam's_Ancestors
gptkb:The_Stone_Age_Cultures_of_Kenya_Colony
The Progress and Evolution of Man in Africa
gptkbp:parent gptkb:Cecily_Leakey
gptkb:Harry_Leakey
gptkbp:religion gptkb:Anglicanism
gptkbp:residence gptkb:Kenya
gptkb:United_Kingdom
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Mary_Leakey
gptkbp:subjectOf biographies
documentaries
gptkbp:teacherOf gptkb:Jane_Goodall
gptkb:Biruté_Galdikas
gptkb:Dian_Fossey
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Jane_Goodall
gptkb:Richard_Leakey
gptkbp:bfsLayer 4