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ARCHAEOLOGIST

Meave Leakey

1942 - Today

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Meave G. Leakey (born Meave Epps; 28 July 1942) is a British palaeoanthropologist. She works at Stony Brook University and is co-ordinator of Plio-Pleistocene research at the Turkana Basin Institute. She studies early hominid evolution and has done extensive field research in the Turkana Basin. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Meave Leakey has received more than 136,999 page views. Her biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia. Meave Leakey is the 115th most popular archaeologist, the 4,155th most popular biography from United Kingdom and the 24th most popular British Archaeologist.

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  • 17

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.74

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.01

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among ARCHAEOLOGISTS

Among archaeologists, Meave Leakey ranks 115 out of 104. Before her are James Quibell, Zsófia Torma, Julio C. Tello, Karel Absolon, Muhibbe Darga, and John M. Allegro. After her are Grafton Elliot Smith, Boris Piotrovsky, Colin Groves, Ian Hodder, Mortimer Wheeler, and Stith Thompson.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1942, Meave Leakey ranks 507. Before her are Françoise Dürr, Jo Vonlanthen, Catharina Lodders, Robert Christgau, Diana Yorgova, and Horst Wolter. After her are Asha Parekh, Colin Groves, Eddie Kramer, Juan Carlos Oleniak, John Clauser, and Teddy Pilette.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Meave Leakey ranks 4,155 out of 7,765. Before her are Sharleen Spiteri (1967), Jadon Sancho (2000), Maisie Williams (1997), Allan Williams (1930), Jimmy Johnstone (1944), and Samantha Morton (1977). After her are Keir Starmer (1962), Bill Moggridge (1943), Benjamin Glazer (1887), Alexander Wood (1907), William Dobson (1610), and William Michael Rossetti (1829).

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Among ARCHAEOLOGISTS In United Kingdom

Among archaeologists born in United Kingdom, Meave Leakey ranks 24. Before her are Dorothy Garrod (1892), James Prinsep (1799), James Mellaart (1925), John O. Westwood (1805), James Quibell (1867), and John M. Allegro (1923). After her are Colin Groves (1942), Ian Hodder (1948), Mortimer Wheeler (1890), Bernard Pyne Grenfell (1869), Arthur Surridge Hunt (1871), and Grahame Clark (1907).

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