Richard Leakey

GPTKB entity

Statements (49)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:archaeologist
environmentalist
politician
gptkbp:author gptkb:The_Sixth_Extinction
gptkb:One_Life
gptkb:Origins:_What_New_Discoveries_Reveal_About_the_Emergence_of_Our_Species_and_Its_Possible_Future
gptkb:The_Origin_of_Humankind
gptkbp:awardReceived gptkb:Commander_of_the_Order_of_the_British_Empire
gptkb:Hubbard_Medal
gptkb:National_Geographic_Society's_Hubbard_Medal
gptkbp:birthDate 1944-12-19
gptkbp:birthPlace gptkb:Nairobi,_Kenya
gptkbp:causeOfDeath undisclosed
gptkbp:child gptkb:Louise_Leakey
gptkbp:citizenship gptkb:Kenya
gptkbp:deathDate 2022-01-02
gptkbp:deathPlace gptkb:Nairobi,_Kenya
gptkbp:education gptkb:St._Mary's_School,_Nairobi
gptkbp:father gptkb:Louis_Leakey
gptkbp:fieldOfWork gptkb:politics
conservation
paleoanthropology
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Richard Leakey
gptkbp:knownFor discoveries of early hominid fossils
leadership of Kenya Wildlife Service
gptkbp:mother gptkb:Mary_Leakey
gptkbp:nationality gptkb:Kenyan
gptkbp:notableEvent led anti-poaching campaigns in Kenya
survived plane crash in 1993
gptkbp:notableWork gptkb:Koobi_Fora_fossil_discoveries
gptkb:Turkana_Boy_discovery_(team_leader)
gptkbp:occupation gptkb:archaeologist
environmentalist
politician
gptkbp:organization gptkb:Kenya_Wildlife_Service
gptkb:National_Museums_of_Kenya
gptkbp:politicalParty gptkb:Safina_Party
gptkbp:positionHeld gptkb:Member_of_Parliament_(Kenya)
Chairman of Kenya Wildlife Service
Director of Kenya Wildlife Service
gptkbp:religion atheism
gptkbp:residence gptkb:Nairobi,_Kenya
gptkbp:sibling gptkb:Philip_Leakey
gptkb:Jonathan_Leakey
gptkbp:signature Richard Leakey signature.svg
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Meave_Leakey
gptkbp:website https://richardleakey.org/
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Richard
gptkbp:bfsLayer 3