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RICHARD ERSKINE LEAKEY
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
English paleontologist (son of Louis Leakey and Mary Leakey) who continued the work of his parents; he was appointed director of a wildlife preserve in Kenya but resigned under political pressure (born in 1944)
Synonyms:
Leakey; Richard Erskine Leakey; Richard Leakey
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Instance hypernyms:
anthropologist (a social scientist who specializes in anthropology)
fossilist; palaeontologist; paleontologist (a specialist in paleontology)