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Definition of Richard Erskine Leakey
1. Noun. 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).
Exact synonyms: Leakey, Richard Leakey
Generic synonyms: Anthropologist, Fossilist, Palaeontologist, Paleontologist
Generic synonyms: Anthropologist, Fossilist, Palaeontologist, Paleontologist