RICHARD ERSKINE LEAKEY

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• RICHARD ERSKINE LEAKEY (noun)
  The noun RICHARD ERSKINE LEAKEY has 1 sense:

1. 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)

  Familiarity information: RICHARD ERSKINE LEAKEY used as a noun is very rare.

• RICHARD ERSKINE LEAKEY (noun)

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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)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Leakey; Richard Erskine Leakey; Richard Leakey

Instance hypernyms:

anthropologist (a social scientist who specializes in anthropology)

fossilist; palaeontologist; paleontologist (a specialist in paleontology)