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Bio

(1944-2022) Conservationist, author. Richard Leakey was born in Nairobi, Kenya, and died in Kenya.

Full Name

Richard Leakey

Locations

Suffolk

Author's Timeline


1944

BIRTH

Richard Erskine Frere Leakey was born in Nairobi, Kenya, on December 19, 1944.

1977

LITWORK

Origins
E. P. Dutton
0525171940 / 978-0525171942
Nonfiction written with Roger Lewin.

1978

LITWORK

People of the Lake: Mankind and its Beginnings
Anchor Press / Doubleday
0385130252 / 978-0385130257
Nonfiction written with Roger Lewin.

1981

LITWORK

Making of Mankind
M. Joseph
0718119312 / 978-0718119317
Nonfiction.

1983

LITWORK

One Life: An Autobiography
Salem House Pub
0881620556 / 978-0881620559
Autobiography.

1992

LITWORK

Origins Reconsidered: In Search of What Makes Us Human
Doubleday
0385412649 / 978-0385412643
Nonfiction written with Roger Lewin.

1994

LITWORK

The Origin of Humankind
Basic Books
0465031358 / 978-0465031351
Nonfiction.

1995

LITWORK

The Sixth Extinction: Patterns of Life and the Future of Humankind
Doubleday
0385424973 / 978-0385424974
Nonfiction written with Roger Lewin.

2001

LITWORK

Wildlife Wars: My Fight to Save Africa's Natural Treasures
St. Martin's Press
0312206267 / 978-0312206260
Nonfiction written with Virginia Morell.

2002

OTHER

Mr. Leakey taught anthropology at Stony Brook University in Stony Brook, New York.

2022

DEATH

Richard Leakey died at his home near Nairobi, Kenya, on January 2, 2022.

2022

INTERMENT

Richard Leakey was interred at Rift Valley, Nairobi, Nairobi, Kenya.

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