ARCHAEOLOGIST

Louis Leakey

1903 - 1972

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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. Having established a programme of palaeoanthropological inquiry in eastern Africa, he also motivated many future generations to continue this scholarly work. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Louis Leakey has received more than 1,005,881 page views. His biography is available in 47 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 45 in 2019). Louis Leakey is the 19th most popular archaeologist (up from 21st in 2019), the 6th most popular biography from Kenya (down from 5th in 2019) and the most popular Kenyan Archaeologist.

Louis Leakey is most famous for his discovery of the Zinjanthropus skull in Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania. He also discovered the Homo Habilis skull in 1960.

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Among ARCHAEOLOGISTS

Among archaeologists, Louis Leakey ranks 19 out of 151. Before him are V. Gordon Childe, Johann Friedrich Blumenbach, Ciriaco de' Pizzicolli, George Herbert, 5th Earl of Carnarvon, Oscar Montelius, and Karl Richard Lepsius. After him are Austen Henry Layard, Alcide d'Orbigny, Khaemweset, George Gaylord Simpson, Flinders Petrie, and Leo Frobenius.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1903, Louis Leakey ranks 66. Before him are Eliot Ness, George Davis Snell, Vincente Minnelli, Maud Lewis, Raymond Radiguet, and Tamam Shud case. After him are Irving Stone, Erskine Caldwell, Joan Robinson, Sadegh Hedayat, Fritz Bauer, and Waldemar Hoven. Among people deceased in 1972, Louis Leakey ranks 42. Before him are Antonio Segni, Ferdinand Čatloš, Said bin Taimur, Lale Andersen, Mahalia Jackson, and Fredric Brown. After him are Lester B. Pearson, Ásgeir Ásgeirsson, Josep Samitier, Karl Silberbauer, S. R. Ranganathan, and Hans Scharoun.

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In Kenya

Among people born in Kenya, Louis Leakey ranks 6 out of 150. Before him are Wangari Maathai (1940), Richard Dawkins (1941), Barack Obama Sr. (1936), Roger Whittaker (1936), and Jomo Kenyatta (1893). After him are Daniel arap Moi (1924), Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o (1938), Deep Roy (1949), Mwai Kibaki (1931), Richard Leakey (1944), and Kipchoge Keino (1940).

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Among ARCHAEOLOGISTS In Kenya

Among archaeologists born in Kenya, Louis Leakey ranks 1. 

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