Definition of Louis Leakey

1. Noun. English paleontologist whose account of fossil discoveries in Tanzania changed theories of human evolution (1903-1972).


Lexicographical Neighbors of Louis Leakey

Louis Burt Mayer
Louis Charles Alfred de Musset
Louis Comfort Tiffany
Louis Eugene Felix Neel
Louis Henri Sullivan
Louis Henry Sullivan
Louis I
Louis II
Louis III
Louis IV
Louis IX
Louis Isadore Kahn
Louis Jacques Mande Daguerre
Louis Joliet
Louis Jolliet
Louis Leakey (current term)
Louis Pasteur
Louis Quatorzian
Louis Seymour Bazett Leakey
Louis Stanton Auchincloss
Louis Sullivan
Louis Untermeyer
Louis V
Louis VI
Louis VII
Louis VIII
Louis Victor de Broglie
Louis X
Louis XI
Louis XII

Literary usage of Louis Leakey

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Proceedings by National Speech Arts Association (1893)
"Mrs. Louis Leakey resigned as Acting Chairman of the Reception Committee. ... Mrs. Louis Leakey a committee to select a clergyman to open the Convention ..."

2. Kenya by Eva Ambros (1999)
"... first suggested by Louis Leakey. The discovery of homo erectas a few years later sealed the issue of where the cradle of mankind was to be found. ..."

3. Nature's Strongholds: The World's Great Wildlife Reserves by Laura Riley, William Riley (2005)
"Louis Leakey became convinced that Olduvai held more than horses' bones. He and his wife, Mary, started digging in 1931 and found stone tools, ..."

4. Evolution of the Plio-Pleistocene African Suidae by James Michael Harris, Timothy D. White (1979)
"... PART 2- Evolution of the Plio-Pleistocene African Suidae JM HARRIS DIVISION OF PALAEONTOLOGY, INTERNATIONAL Louis Leakey MEMORIAL INSTITUTE FOR AFRICAN ..."

5. Journal of the ... Annual Convention, Diocese of New York by Convention, Episcopal Church, Diocese of New York (1908)
".Mr. Louis Leakey Archdeacon of New York. Total, 106. SUMMARY Holy Communions Celebrated 28 Sermons and Addresses 338 Number of Persons Confirmed 4683 ..."

6. Guided Report Writing by Jill Norris (1999)
"Jane went to see Dr. Louis Leakey, a famous scientist who studied ancient man. She got a job as his secretary at the National Museum of Natural History of ..."

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