ANTHROPOLOGIST

Richard Leakey

1944 - 2022

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Richard Erskine Frere Leakey (19 December 1944 – 2 January 2022) was a Kenyan paleoanthropologist, conservationist and politician. Leakey held a number of official positions in Kenya, mostly in institutions of archaeology and wildlife conservation. He was director of the National Museum of Kenya, founded the NGO WildlifeDirect, and was the chairman of the Kenya Wildlife Service. Leakey served in the powerful office of cabinet secretary and head of public service during the tail end of President Daniel Toroitich Arap Moi's government. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Richard Leakey is the 32nd most popular anthropologist (up from 33rd in 2019), the 10th most popular biography from Kenya (up from 11th in 2019) and the most popular Kenyan Anthropologist.

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Among ANTHROPOLOGISTS

Among anthropologists, Richard Leakey ranks 32 out of 93Before him are Edward T. Hall, Jacques de Morgan, Ann Dunham, Marshall Sahlins, Marc Augé, and Fredrik Barth. After him are Samuel Thomas von Sömmerring, Henry Fairfield Osborn, Franco Basaglia, Pierre Clastres, Cheikh Anta Diop, and Marcel Griaule.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1944, Richard Leakey ranks 233Before him are Ron Huldai, Bob Brown, Ivica Račan, Alvin Lee, Brian Tracy, and Jeffrey Tambor. After him are Elizabeth Loftus, Tommie Smith, Brenda Lee, Christian Boltanski, Peter Lindbergh, and Goukouni Oueddei. Among people deceased in 2022, Richard Leakey ranks 145Before him are Jean-Jacques Beineix, Kay Parker, Joseph Kittinger, Juris Hartmanis, Luis Echeverría, and Hermann Nitsch. After him are Ronnie Hellström, Josef Abrhám, Irene Cara, Bujar Nishani, Gary Brooker, and Dan McCafferty.

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In Kenya

Among people born in Kenya, Richard Leakey ranks 10 out of 150Before him are Jomo Kenyatta (1893), Louis Leakey (1903), Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o (1938), Daniel arap Moi (1924), Roger Whittaker (1936), and Mwai Kibaki (1931). After him are John Njue (1944), Kipchoge Keino (1940), Deep Roy (1949), Uhuru Kenyatta (1961), Eliud Kipchoge (1984), and Naftali Temu (1945).

Among ANTHROPOLOGISTS In Kenya

Among anthropologists born in Kenya, Richard Leakey ranks 1