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. She has Doctor of Philosophy and Doctor of Science degrees. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Meave Leakey is the 135th most popular archaeologist (down from 114th in 2019), the 4,973rd most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 3,962nd in 2019) and the 27th most popular British Archaeologist.

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Among ARCHAEOLOGISTS

Among archaeologists, Meave Leakey ranks 135 out of 151. Before her are Muhibbe Darga, Grahame Clark, Boris Piotrovsky, Paolo Orsi, James Prinsep, and Franz Weidenreich. After her are Jale İnan, John M. Allegro, Miroslav Verner, Bernard Pyne Grenfell, John Garstang, and Arthur Surridge Hunt.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1942, Meave Leakey ranks 608. Before her are Norman Greenbaum, Reinhold Durnthaler, Ivan Koloff, František Ševčík, Bob Hayes, and Jerry Jones. After her are Lesley Turner Bowrey, Antonio Munguía, Fredi, Bob Foster, Honorino Landa, and Guus Kuijer.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Meave Leakey ranks 4,974 out of 8,785. Before her are Augustus John (1878), Chris Menges (1940), Chris Bonington (1934), Calum Scott (1988), Mark Ronson (1975), and John Gardner (1926). After her are Darren Shahlavi (1972), Benjamin Wilson (1721), Michael Winterbottom (1961), Anthony Shaffer (1926), Joe Hart (1987), and Clive Swift (1936).

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Among ARCHAEOLOGISTS In United Kingdom

Among archaeologists born in United Kingdom, Meave Leakey ranks 27. Before her are Mortimer Wheeler (1890), James Mellaart (1925), Charles Dawson (1864), John Beazley (1885), Grahame Clark (1907), and James Prinsep (1799). After her are John M. Allegro (1923), Bernard Pyne Grenfell (1869), John Garstang (1876), Arthur Surridge Hunt (1871), Churchill Babington (1821), and Jacquetta Hawkes (1910).

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