Louis Seymour Bazett Leakey

Louis Seymour Bazett Leakey

Louis Seymour Bazett Leakey (1903–1972), Kenyan paleoanthropologist and archaeologist of British descent. Leakey was married to paleontologist Mary Leakey (1913–1996, née Nicol) and father of botanist Colin Leakey (1933–2018), palaeoanthropologist Jonathan Leakey (born 1940) and palaeoanthropologist Richard Leakey (born 1944).

Author abbreviation: L. S. B. Leakey

Taxon names authored

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• 6 taxon names authored by Louis Seymour Bazett Leakey

Publications

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1959

• Leakey, L.S.B. 1959. A new fossil skull from Olduvai. Nature 184(4685): 491–493. DOI: 10.1038/184491a0 Reference page. 

1965

• Leakey, L.S.B. 1965. Olduvai Gorge, 1951–1961. Volume I. A preliminary report on the geology and fauna. Cambridge University Press. Reference page.