The scientist Mary Leakey

Mary Leakey

Living place: England

Birthday: 6-2-1913

Global rank: #32616

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Who is The scientist Mary Leakey?
British paleoanthropologist, who has worked for most of his career in the Olduvai gorge, in eastern Africa, discovered tools and fossils of ancient hominines believed to be more than 3.75 million years old. She is also known for discovering Laetoli footprints as well as ifteen other new animals, and a new genus.
She discovered the first fossil cranium, an extinct ape now believed to be an ancestor to humans.
 
 

Young / Before famous

She found interest in the archaeological objects she found in Elie Peyrony's excavation area.

Family life info

She worked with her husband, Louis Leakey, a British archaeologist, whom she married in 1936 and had three tracks with.

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Who is Boy (girl) friend/ wife (husband)/ darling The scientist Mary Leakey?
She is a famous scientist and very inspired by the theories of Charles Darwin.

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When was The scientist Mary Leakey born?
Mary Leakey was born in 6-2-1913, death year is , at the age of 111.
Where is The scientist Mary Leakey's birth place, what is Zodiac/Chinese Zodiac?
Mary Leakey was born in England. is a The scientist, whose Zodiac is Aquarius, and who Chinese Zodiac is The Ox. Mary Leakey's global rank is 32616 and whose rank is 87 in list of famous The scientist.
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Events in 1913 and 6-2

Events in the world in the birth year of Mary Leakey

  • Suffragettes demonstrate in London and Washington, D.C. Background: Woman Suffrage See also: Infoplease.com Celebrates Women's History Month
  • London peace treaty partitions most of European Turkey among the victors of first Balkan War.
  • In second Balkan war, Bulgaria attacks Serbia and Greece and is defeated after Romania intervenes and Turks recapture Adrianople (June).

Birthday Mary Leakey (6-2) in history

  • Day 6-2 year 1788: Massachusetts ratified the U.S. Constitution, becoming the sixth state to join the Union.
  • Day 6-2 year 1804: Joseph Priestley, British chemist, died. His work on the isolation of gases led him to discover oxygen in 1774.
  • Day 6-2 year 1899: The Spanish-American War ended when a peace treaty between Spain and the United States was signed.
  • Day 6-2 year 1933: The 20th Amendment to the Constitution, which set the date for the president's inauguration on Jan. 20, was adopted.
  • Day 6-2 year 1935: The popular board game Monopoly® went on sale for the first time.
  • Day 6-2 year 1952: Princess Elizabeth became Queen Elizabeth II of Great Britain.
  • Day 6-2 year 1971: Astronaut Alan B. Shepard hit a golf ball and Edgar Mitchell threw a "javelin" on the moon. They landed in the same crater and remain on the Moon today.
  • Day 6-2 year 2001: Ariel Sharon was elected prime minister of Israel.
  • Day 6-2 year 2012: The Diamond Jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II marked the 60th anniversary of her accession to the throne.
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