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Mary Leakey was born on 6 February 1913, in London, England to Erskine Edward Nicol and Cecilia Marion (Frere) Nicol. The Nicol family moved to numerous locations in thе United States , Italy , and Egypt where Erskine painted watercolours that he brought back and sold in England.
Louis Seymour Bazett Leakey (7 August 1903 – 1 October 1972) was a Kenyan-British palaeoanthropologist and archaeologist whose work was important in demonstrating that humans evolved in Africa, particularly through discoveries made at Olduvai Gorge with his wife, fellow palaeoanthropologist Mary Leakey.
Leakey stated that he was an atheist [76] and a humanist. [55] Leakey came from a family of renowned archeologists. His mother, Mary Leakey, discovered evidence in 1978 that man walked upright much earlier than had been thought. She and her husband, Louis Leakey, unearthed skulls of ape-like early humans, shedding fresh light on our ancestors. [77]
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Robert ("Bob") Leakey (1914–2013), engineer and cave diver; brother of Nigel and Rea Leakey [2] Caroline Leakey (1827–1881), writer; daughter of James Leakey; The Reverend Harry Leakey, 20th century missionary; father of Louis Leakey; James Leakey (1775–1866), artist; grandfather of Harry Leakey and great-great-uncle of Nigel and Rea Leakey
Peter Yarrow’s cause of death has been revealed. The Peter, Paul and Mary musician died of bladder cancer, with which he was diagnosed in 2021. Yarrow, 86, died at his home in New York City on ...
Albert William Goozee (8 September 1923 – 25 November 2009) was a British murderer and paedophile, whose crimes inspired the 1996 film Intimate Relations.In June 1956, Goozee murdered his 53-year-old landlady, Mrs. Lydia Leakey, [1] [2] and her 14-year-old daughter, Norma Noreen Leakey, [3] [2] in the New Forest, Hampshire.
Richard Leakey, a renowned Kenyan conservationist whose work was frequently featured in film and television documentaries, died today at age 77. Details on what he died from and where were not ...