The scientist Richard Leakey

Richard Leakey

Living place: Nairobi

Birthday: 19-12-1944 (80 years old)

Global rank: #55470

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Who is The scientist Richard Leakey?
Paleontologists have studied human origins in Kenya, Africa. His discovery of a Homo erectus skull in 1975 was one of his most important.
Turkana Boy, an almost complete skeleton of an ergaster Homo who died 1.6 million years ago around 9-12 years old was discovered by a member of his team in 1984.
 
 

Young / Before famous

Both of his parents were archaeologists and he and his brothers grew up in Nairobi, sparking his interest in paleontology.

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He has an older brother named Jonathan and a younger brother named Philip.

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Louis Leakey is my father.

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When was The scientist Richard Leakey born?
Richard Leakey birthday 19-12-1944 (at the age of 80).
Where is The scientist Richard Leakey's birth place, what is Zodiac/Chinese Zodiac?
Richard Leakey was born in Nairobi, of Kenya. is a The scientist, whose Zodiac is Sagittarius, and who Chinese Zodiac is The Monkey. Richard Leakey's global rank is 55470 and whose rank is 268 in list of famous The scientist.
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Events in 1944 and 19-12

Events in the world in the birth year of Richard Leakey

  • Allies invade Normandy on D-Day (June 6). Background: Normandy campaign
  • Bretton Woods Conference creates International Monetary Fund and World Bank.
  • Dumbarton Oaks Conference—U.S., British Commonwealth, and U.S.S.R. propose establishment of United Nations.
  • Battle of the Bulge begins as Germans penetrate Allied front in Belgium (Dec. 16 to Jan. 1945).
  • Anne Frank and her family betrayed and sent to concentration camps. She will die in 1945.

Birthday Richard Leakey (19-12) in history

  • Day 19-12 year 1732: America's founding father, Benjamin Franklin began publishing the book poor richard's almanack.
  • Day 19-12 year 1776: Philosopher Thomas Paine published his first essay on The Crisis in America, in which he wrote, "These are times that test men's souls."
  • Day 19-12 year 1843: Writer Charles Dickens published "A Christmas Carol."
  • Day 19-12 year 1946: War broke out in Indochina when Ho Chi Minh attacked the French.
  • Day 19-12 year 1972: Apollo 17 splashed down in the Pacific, ending the Apollo program of manned lunar landings.
  • Day 19-12 year 1984: Britain and China signed an accord returning Hong Kong to Chinese sovereignty on July 1, 1997.
  • Day 19-12 year 1998: President Bill Clinton impeached on two counts by the House of Representatives.
  • Day 19-12 year 2003: Muammar al-Qaddafi of Libya announced that his country would discontinue development of weapons of mass destruction.
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