Known For
Acting
Born
Dec 19, 1944
Died
Jan 02, 2022
Place of Birth
Nairobi - Kenya
Credits
4 titles
Richard Leakey
Biography
Richard Erskine Frere Leakey FRS (born 19 December 1944) is a Kenyan palaeoanthropologist, conservationist and politician. Leakey has held a number of official positions in Kenya, mostly in institutions of archaeology and wildlife conservation. He has been Director of the National Museum of Kenya, founded the NGO WildlifeDirect and is the chairman of the Kenya Wildlife Service.
