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)
• Syn: ↑Leakey, ↑Richard Erskine Leakey
• Instance Hypernyms: ↑paleontologist, ↑palaeontologist, ↑fossilist, ↑anthropologist
Useful english dictionary. 2012.