Infobox scientist name RichardLeakey image Richard Leakey.jpg image size caption RichardLeakey in 2010 ... advisor doctoral students known for influences influenced prizes Richard Erskine Frere Leakey ... pointed to a path he did not yet wish to take, simply because his father was on it. ref Richard E. Leakey ... Talk Origins RichardLeakey ref Paleontology Richard s career as a palaeoanthropologist did not begin ... . Richard shifted away from paleontology in 1989, but his wife Meave Leakey and daughter Louise Leakey ... February 2010 In 1989 RichardLeakey was appointed the head of the Wildlife Conservation and Management ... of the KWS, the World Bank approved grants worth 140 million. RichardLeakey, President Arap Moi ... in 1989 in Nairobi National Park . RichardLeakey s confrontational approach to the issue of human ... but never proved. In a few months RichardLeakey was walking again on artificial limb s. Around ... 1994. He was replaced by David Western as the head of the KWS. RichardLeakey wrote about his experiences ... 1995 RichardLeakey joined a group of Kenyan intellectuals in launching a new political party the Safina ... to fight alongside them. If they won t, I want somebody else to do it, announced RichardLeakey. The Safina ... was not approved until 1997. In 1999, Moi had to appoint RichardLeakey as Cabinet Secretary and overall ... RichardLeakey to be Honored at Stony Brook University s 50th Anniversary Gala April 11.shtml World Renowned Anthropologist RichardLeakey to be Honored at Stony Brook University s 50th Anniversary ... of the Turkana Basin Institute. In 2004, RichardLeakey founded and chaired WildlifeDirect , a Kenya ... at TI ref Opinions Leakey stated in his autobiography that he is an atheist . ref Leakey, Richard ... http www.wildlifedirect.org blogAdmin richardleakey RichardLeakey s Blog on WildlifeDirect http turkanabasin.org Turkana Basin Institute Persondata NAME Leakey, Richard ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION ... 19, 1944 PLACE OF BIRTH Nairobi , Kenya DATE OF DEATH PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Leakey, Richard ... more details
Leakey may refer to people Colin Leakey b. 1933 , English botanist David Leakey b. 1952 , British military general Jonathan Leakey , businessman and former archaeologist Louis Leakey 1903 1972 , Kenyan archaeologist and naturalist Louise Leakey b. 1972 , Kenyan paleontologist Mary Leakey 1913 1996 , British archaeologist Louise Leakey b. 1977 , British Artist Writer Matt Leakey b. 1980 , British Automotive Engineer Meave Leakey b. 1942 , British paleontologist Nigel Gray Leakey 1913 1941 , Kenyan recipient of the Victoria Cross Phil Leakey 1908 1992 , British make up artist Philip Leakey b. 1949 , Kenyan politician Rea Leakey , British military tank commander, co inventor of the Coles Universal Sun Compass RichardLeakey b. 1944 , Kenyan paleontologist, archaeologist and conservationist Leakey s Angels , three primatologists sent by Louis Leakey to study primates in their natural environment other Leakey crater , lunar impact crater Leakey, Texas , city in Real County, Texas, United States Leakey Independent School District , public school district based in Leakey, Texas, United States Mr. Leakey, a fictional magician, invented by J. B. S. Haldane in My Friend Mr Leakey 1937 . disambig de Leakey es Leakey fr Leakey ko he fi Leakey ... more details
Jonathan Harry Erskine Leakey born 4 November 1940 in Kenya is a businessman and former palaeoanthropologist . He is the first son of famed anthropologists Louis Leakey Louis and Mary Leakey . Leakey was educated at the Lenana School Duke of York School in Lang ata with his two younger brothers. After leaving school Leakey often accompanied his parents to dig sites, frequently wandering about on his own in search of fossils. On 4 November 1960, Leakey discovered the OH 7 fossils at Olduvai Gorge , Tanzania . The bones, nicknamed Johnny s Child , were along with other hominid fossil fragments found earlier by his parents formerly described as a new species in the genus Homo in April 1964. OH 7 is now considered the Type biology type specimen of Homo habilis . Leakey did not follow his parents profession and has never been particularly active within the field of palaeoanthropology however, his younger brother, RichardLeakeyRichard , is a noted paleoanthropologist and conservationist. Leakey now operates the Nakuru based company Jonathan Leakey Ltd., which supplies East African snake venom s and medicinal plants for antivenom manufacturers, medical research facilities, and pharmaceutical companies. See also LeakeyLeakey family External links official http jonathanleakey.com http www.leakeyfoundation.org Leakey Foundation Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Leakey, Jonathan ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH 4 November 1940 PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Leakey, Jonathan Category 1940 births Category Living people Category Anglo African people Category Alumni of Lenana School de Jonathan Leakey ... more details
for the British makeup artist, see Phil Leakey Philip Leakey born 21 June 1949 was educated at Leighton Park School and is a former member of the National Assembly of Kenya Kenyan Parliament . He represented the Kenya African National Union KANU party led by then president Daniel Arap Moi . He was an MP of Langata Constituency from 1979 ref Time, November 19, 1979 http www.time.com time magazine article 0,9171,948789 2,00.html Arap Moi Again ref and served as a cabinet minister for a short stint. He lost his parliamentary seat in the 1992 Kenyan general elections , the first multiparty elections in Kenya, when Raila Odinga won the Langata seat. ref Kenya Times, December 11, 2005 http web.archive.org web 20051215055148 http www.timesnews.co.ke 11dec05 nwsstory news1.html MP talks of plot to arrest Raila ref Together with his wife Katy Leakey, he runs The Leakey Collection , a company exporting products made by Maasai people Maasai handicrafts. His parents are Louis Leakey Louis and Mary Leakey , both famous paleontology paleontologists . Philip is brother to RichardLeakeyRichard and Jonathan Leakey , and half brother to Colin Leakey . His children by his second wife, Valerie Fraser Leakey, are Lara Fraser Leakey married to Ninian Lowis , Kyela Fraser Leakey married to Steve King and Tiana Fraser Leakey. Leakey family References http www.leakeycollection.com faq.php The Leakey Collection Reflist s start s off succession box title Member of the National Assembly of Kenya br for Langata Constituency Langata before Mwangi Maathai br small 1974 1979 small after Raila Odinga br small 1992 present small years 1979 1992 s end Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Leakey, Philip ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH 21 June 1949 PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Leakey, Philip Category 1949 births Category Living people Category Anglo African people Category Kenyan people of English descent Category Kenya African National Union ... more details
Meave G. Leakey born M. Epps on 28 July 1942 in London, England is together with her husband RichardLeakey one of the most renowned contemporary paleontologist s. She studies the origin of mankind in Africa. Flat Faced Man of Kenya Dr. Leakey s research team at Lake Turkana , Kenya made a discovery .... She named the find Kenyanthropus platyops , or flat faced man of Kenya. Personal life Meave Leakey is married to RichardLeakey , a famous paleontologist. They have two children, Louise born 1972 and Samira born 1974 . Her daughter Louise Leakey continues family traditions by conducting paleontological research. Publications by Dr. Leakey citation year 2009 editor Frederick E. Gine, John G. Fleagle, & Richard E. Leakey editors author Rene Bob & Meave G. Leakey chapter Ecology of Plio Pliestocene ... books?id ITp RnsPfzQC&pg PA173&lpg PA173&dq 22M.G. Leakey 22 meave&source bl&ots dh68kq0y E&sig PmpCIe2o6hWesaBuvjtNLwDiDsY ... of Humanity in Eastern Africa by John Harris and Meave Leakey, Eds. December 2001 . citation date June 1997 last Leakey first Meave last2 Walker first2 Alan authorlink2 Alan Walker anthropologist title ... Harris, Meave Leakey, Eds. et al. October 1988 . citation last Harris first J.M last2 Brown first2 F.H last3 Leakey first3 M.G last4 Walker first4 A.C last5 Leakey first5 R.E date 1 January 1989 title ... 239 issue 4835 pages 27 33 doi 10.1126 science.239.4835.27 citation author M.G. Leakey, R.E. Leakey ... Leakey family External links http www.leakeyfoundation.org Leakey Foundation http www.kfrp.com Koobi Fora Research Project http sagitta.ci.uc.pt mhonarchive archport msg00181.html Dr. Meave Leakey Discusses Kenyanthropus platyops Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Leakey, Meave ALTERNATIVE ... DEFAULTSORT Leakey, Meave Category 1942 births Category Living people Category British archaeologists ... Women paleontologists Category People from London Anthropologist stub de Meave Leakey fr Meave Leakey simple Meave Leakey ... more details
Leakey s Angels is a relatively recent name given to three women sent by archaeologist Louis Leakey to study ... first met Leakey in Los Angeles, California , a suitable place for angels. ref Birut M. F. Galdikas ... to their occupations, were more susceptible to misuse. The term Leakey s Angels is viewed as being ..., 1990, ISBN 0415902940, Page 151. Reviewable Google Books. ref Leakey s interest in primate ethology ... 17. She, however, uses Leakey s customary term. ref but she lasted only four months, and returned to England. Leakey was considering taking the job himself when Goodall providentially brought herself to his attention. In order to fund Goodall s research at the Gombe Stream Preserve, Leakey created .... At the time of Leakey s death in 1972, Goodall and Fossey had progressed significantly in their long ... Jane Goodall Jane Goodall became the first of Leakey s Angels when she began her first field study ... Louis Leakey with no other thought than to make an appointment to discuss animals. The call was far reaching in its impact. Leakey was looking for a chimpanzee researcher but he kept the idea to himself ... wife Mary Leakey s approval, Louis sent Goodall to Olduvai Gorge , where he confessed his plans. The funds had to be found first. In 1958, Leakey sent Goodall to London to study primate behavior with William ... . In 1959, Leakey became romantic about Goodall, but she refused him firmly. Neither bore any ill ... was Jane s father, which was untrue. On that account Richard hated Jane and treated her rudely ... became Leakey s second Angel, beginning her extended study of mountain gorilla s in the Virunga ... Olduvai, she came to Leakey s attention by spraining her ankle, falling into the excavation, and vomiting on a giraffe fossil. Dian returned home to repay the money. In 1966, Leakey happened to be in Louisville lecturing. Dian went to the lecture, spoke momentarily to Leakey, and to her surprise he remembered her and asked her to stay after the lecture. The next day after an hour s interview at Leakey ... more details
became a leading palaeoanthropologist, helping to establish the Leakey tradition by training her son, RichardLeakeyRichard , in the field. Biography Childhood Mary Leakey was born Mary Douglas Nicol ... he nursed her through double pneumonia. They had three sons Jonathan Leakey Jonathan in 1940, RichardLeakeyRichard in 1944, and Philip Leakey Philip in 1949. The boys received much of their early ... to the research careers of her husband Louis Leakey and their sons Richard, Philip and Jonathan. Excavations Image Oldupai gorge.jpg thumb right 290px Olduvai Gorge Leakey served her apprenticeship in archaeology ...Infobox scientist name Mary Leakey image Mary Leakey.jpg birth date birthdate 1913 2 6 df y birth place ... , br East Africa residence citizenship nationality United Kingdom ethnicity spouse Louis Leakey ... 290px Replica of an Australopithecus boisei skull discovered by Mary Leakey in 1959 Mary Leakey ..., Louis Leakey , in Oldupai Gorge Olduvai Gorge , uncovering the tool s and fossils of ancient hominine .... Mary Leakey was a direct descendant of antiquarian, John Frere , and cousin to archaeologist, Sheppard ... of these communities remained in existence as of Mrs. Leakey s 1984 autobiography Freretown, Kenya ... Bartle Frere . ref Mary Leakey, Disclosing the Past An Autobiography , Garden City, New York Doubleday ... Leakey, archaeologist and anthropologist , obituary from The Times , 10 December 1996, displayed ... Louis Leakey.jpg thumb right 290px Louis Leakey Through Gertrude, Mary met Louis Leakey , who was in need ... 1972 of a heart attack. Mary continued the family s archaeological work. detail Louis Leakey Floruit Mary carried on after Louis, becoming a powerful and respected figure. By then Richard had decided ... animals and one new genus . From 1976 to 1981 Leakey and her staff worked to uncover the Laetoli ... See also LeakeyLeakey family List of fossil sites with link directory List of hominina fossils List of hominina hominid fossils with images Leakey family External links http www.mnsu.edu emuseum ... more details
Colin Louis Avern Leakey born 13 December 1933, Cambridge , England is a leading plant scientist in the United Kingdom , a Fellow of King s College, Cambridge and of the Institute of Biology , and a world authority on bean s. Background Colin Leakey is the son of Louis Leakey Louis Seymour Bazett Leakey 1903&ndash 1972 , the Africa n Archaeology archaeologist , and Frida Leakey, of Newnham College , University of Cambridge Cambridge . He is the elder half brother of both RichardLeakeyRichard Erskine Frere Leakey , the Kenya n paleontology paleontologist and conservationist , and Philip Leakey , the Kenyan politician. The paleontologists Meave Leakey and Louise Leakey are Colin Leakey s sister in law and niece. Education Image Grasshopper crest.GIF thumb right 85px Gresham s School Gresham s After Gresham s School , Holt, Norfolk Holt , Leakey served his national service in the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve , including a year on the staff of Louis Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma Lord Mountbatten who was then Commander in Chief of the Mediterranean Fleet. Leakey then studied physiology , biochemistry , botany and the history and philosophy of science for a first degree at Cambridge ... in East Africa, ed. C.L.A. Leakey, Commonwealth Agricultural Bureau, 1970 Races of Colletotrichum ... 1977 Collecting diary of Dr and Mrs C.L.A. Leakey, Spain 4 23 September 1979 report in two volumes ... Bean Improvement Co operative Biennial Conference Proceedings, Calgary, Canada, 1999 Family tree Leakey family References Ancestral Passions The Leakey family and the quest for humankind s beginnings ... Prim and proper beans External links http www.leakeyfoundation.org LeakeyFoundation.org The Leakey ... lleakey.html Talk Origins.org Louis Leakey Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Leakey ... PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Leakey, Colin Category 1933 births Category Living people Category ... University of the West Indies alumni ro Familia Leakey ... more details
, he would examine a candidate in Swahili. His son says ref Richard E. Leakey, The Making of Mankind ..., Chapter 8, Cloak and Dagger. ref The turn of the tide In 1944 RichardLeakey was born. In 1945 the family ... record of bipedal gait. He is also the father of paleoanthropology paleoanthropologist RichardLeakey ...Use dmy dates date November 2011 Infobox scientist name Louis Leakey image Louis Leakey.jpg image size 250px caption Louis Leakey examining skulls from Olduvai Gorge birth date birth date df yes 1903 8 ... nationality Kenya n ethnicity spouse Mary Leakey field Archaeology , Paleoanthropologist Paleoanthropology ... map.png thumb right 260px Map of Kenya. Louis Seymour Bazett Leakey L.S.B. Leakey 7 August 1903 1 October ... the next generation to continue it, notably within Leakey his own family , many of whom also became prominent. Leakey participated in national events of British East Africa and Kenya during the 1950s ... text align left From L.S.B. Leakey, By the Evidence , Chapter 4. Louis parents, Harry and Mary Bazett Leakey called May by her friends , were British missionaries of the Christian faith in then British ..., Gladys Leakey Beecher and Julia Leakey Barham. Louis primary family came to contain also Miss ... to Blake Edgar in http www.leakeyfoundation.org newsandevents n3.jsp Louis Leakey s Legacy Celebrating ... Leakey also was a naturalist and must have been a significant model, as Louis wished originally to pattern his life after his father s. Canon Leakey was one of the original founders of the East Africa ... . ref The formative years His father s example In Britain the Leakey children attended elementary school ... of interested associates. ref Douglas Leakey, Donald Macinnes, Tom Powys Cobb, John D. Solomon ... Muthoni Leakey, was born in 1931. His headaches and epilepsy returned in the excitement and he .... She did arrive eventually, however, and Louis put her to work. Frida s site became FLK, for Frida Leakey ..., the twenty year old Mary Leakey Mary Nicol . Louis convinced Mary to take on the illustration of his ... more details
lunar crater data latitude 3.2 N or S S longitude 37.4 E or W E diameter 12 km depth Unknown colong 324 eponym Louis Leakey Louis S. B. Leakey Leakey is a small, undistinguished Moon lunar impact crater that is located in an area of rough terrain in the eastern part of the Moon . The immediate area is not notable for crater features, although some distance to the southwest is the crater pair of Capella crater Capella and Isidorus crater Isidorus . In the surface between this pair and Leakey is a system of rille s designated the Rimae Gutenberg that follow a course to the southeast. Leakey is a circular, bowl shaped formation that is symmetrical and not significantly eroded. The inner walls slope down to a ring of low albedo material having a diameter about half that of the crater. The rim is not notably eroded and the crater has no other features of interest. References Lunar crater references Moon crater stub Category Impact craters on the Moon fa ... more details
Louise Leakey born 1972 is a Kenya n paleontologist . She does research and field work related to human fossil s in Eastern Africa. She first became actively involved in fossil discoveries in 1977, at the age of six, when she became the youngest person to find hominid fossils. ref http outside.away.com outside features 200312 200312 xx 6.html XX Factor ref In 1993, she replaced her father as field expedition leader for Turkana paleontological expeditions, in an arid and hostile environment. Today, together with her mother, Meave Leakey , she leads the Koobi Fora research project, which has been the main program behind some of the most notable hominid fossil discoveries of the past two decades, the most recent being Kenyanthropus platyops . Louise Leakey received her IB from United World College of the Atlantic , and a Bachelor of Science degree in Geology and Biology from the University of Bristol . Later she received a PhD degree from the University of London . Louise Leakey was born in Kenya in 1972, the same year as her grandfather Louis Leakey died. She married Emmanuel de Merode , a Belgium Belgian primatologist in 2003. They have two daughters Seiya, born in 2004, and Alexia born in 2006. ref The Leakeys A Biography ISBN 0 31332 985 0 ref See also List of fossil sites with link directory List of hominina fossils List of hominina hominid fossils with images Leakey family References Reflist External links http www.kfrp.com Koobi Fora Research Project http www.leakeyfoundation.org foundation f1 7.jsp Leakey Foundation http news.nationalgeographic.com news 2003 11 1104 031104 louiseleakey.html http www.ted.com talks view id 315 TED Talks Louise Leakey digs for humanity s origins at TED conference TED in 2008 Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Leakey, Louise ... DEFAULTSORT Leakey, Louise Category 1972 births Category Alumni of the University of Bristol Category ... de Louise Leakey simple Louise Leakey ... more details
Infobox Planet minorplanet yes width 25em bgcolour FFFFC0 apsis name Leakey symbol image caption discovery yes discovery ref discoverer C. S. Shoemaker and E. M. Shoemaker discovery site Palomar Observatory Palomar discovered June 5, 1994 designations yes mp name 7958 alt names 1994 LE3 mp category orbit ref epoch May 14, 2008 aphelion 2.0214057 perihelion 1.7330489 semimajor eccentricity 0.0768039 period 939.4500684 avg speed inclination 21.96655 asc node 195.78873 mean anomaly 73.53684 arg peri 154.01984 satellites physical characteristics yes dimensions mass density surface grav escape velocity sidereal day axial tilt pole ecliptic lat pole ecliptic lon albedo temperatures temp name1 mean temp 1 max temp 1 temp name2 max temp 2 spectral type abs magnitude 13.8 7958 Leakey 1994 LE3 is an Inner asteroid belt inner main belt asteroid discovered on June 5, 1994 by C. S. Shoemaker and E. M. Shoemaker at Palomar Observatory Palomar . References Reflist External links http ssd.jpl.nasa.gov sbdb.cgi?sstr 7958 Leakey JPL Small Body Database Browser on 7958 Leakey DEFAULTSORT Leakey Category Main Belt asteroids Category Astronomical objects discovered in 1994 beltasteroid stub fa it 7958 Leakey pl 7958 Leakey pt 7958 Leakey uk 7958 yo 7958 Leakey ... more details
Infobox settlement official name Leakey, Texas settlement type City nickname motto Images image skyline Real County courthouse in Leakey, TX IMG 4304.JPG imagesize 250px image caption Real County Courthouse in Leakey image flag image seal Maps image map TXMap doton Leakey.PNG mapsize 250px map caption Location of Leakey, Texas image map1 Real County Leakey.svg mapsize1 250px map caption1 Location coordinates ... Leakey pronounced Lay key is a city in and the county seat of Real County, Texas Real County , Texas ... date 2009 07 01 accessdate 2009 07 08 ref The city is named for John H. Leakey 1824 1900 , a pioneer former Tennessee . Leakey depends heavily on tourism because of the existence of the nearby Frio River ... of the community. Geography Image Hill Country scene in Leakey, TX IMG 1862.JPG left thumb Texas Hill Country view in LeakeyLeakey is located at coord 29.725243 99.761463 type city region US format ... web url http www.texasescapes.com TexasHillCountryTowns LeakeyTexas LeakeyTx.htm title Leakey, Texas ... http www.tshaonline.org handbook online articles LL hll27.html title Leakey, Texas format work publisher ... began in 1856 when John Leakey, his wife Nancy, and a few others settled near a spring along the banks ... 06 ref In 1883, A.G. Vogel moved a post office from the community of Floral to Leakey. That same year, the Texas State Legislature created Edwards County, Texas Edwards County and designated Leakey as the county ... pac faculty rhines StudentProjects 2005 Leakey Page 5B1 5D.html title Leakey, TX format work Small ... cite web url http www.hillcountryrambling.com thing.php?ID 3314 title Leakey School format work Historical Markers in Leakey publisher HillCountryRambling.com date accessdate 2009 07 06 ref A new school ... was moved from Leakey to Rocksprings, Texas Rocksprings . ref name Small Town Research During the early ... in Leakey had a total enrollment of 102 students. ref name Small Town Research The town s population was estimated to be 318 in 1904. File LeakeyMainStreetStGil.jpg left thumb Main Street, Leakey ... more details
Philip Leakey May 4, 1908 in London , England November 26, 1992 was a United Kingdom British make up artist known chiefly for his work on Hammer Film Productions Hammer films. He provided Christopher Lee s celebrated makeup for Hammer s The Curse of Frankenstein 1957 , whose monster had to be memorable and terrifying without infringing the copyright on Universal Pictures Universal s earlier makeup, created by Jack Pierce makeup artist Jack Pierce for Boris Karloff . He created make up for Dracula 1958 film Dracula and The Revenge of Frankenstein both 1958 before leaving Hammer, reportedly unimpressed by Hammer s new venture into the horror film horror genre. He happily handed over the reins to his assistant, Roy Ashton . Sources Kinsey, Wayne. Hammer Films The Bray Studio Years London Reynolds & Hearn, 2002 External links IMDb name 0495039 Hammer crew Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Leakey, Phil ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH May 4, 1908 PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH November 26, 1992 PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Leakey, Phil Category 1908 births Category 1992 deaths Category British make up artists Category People from London UK film bio stub ... more details
Lieutenant General United Kingdom Lieutenant General Arundell David Leakey Order of St Michael ... name eu http www.consilium.eu.int uedocs cmsUpload Gen. Leakey.pdf David Leakey on the Council of the European ... College accessdate 01 March 2011 ref and the Royal Military College Sandhurst , Leakey was commissioned ... links http news.bbc.co.uk 1 hi programmes hardtalk 4314567.stm David Leakey speaks to BBC Hardtalk ... Use dmy dates date September 2011 Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Leakey, David ... OF DEATH PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Leakey, David Category 1952 births Category Living people Category ... more details
The Leakey Independent School District is a public school district based in Leakey, Texas Leakey , Texas , United States . The district is located primarily in Real County, Texas Real County with a small portion extending into north central Uvalde County, Texas Uvalde County . The unincorporated community of Rio Frio, Texas Rio Frio also lies within the boundaries of Leakey ISD. Students in grades Kindergarten through twelve are housed on a single campus, Leakey School, which is located along U.S. Route 83 U.S. Highway 83 Market Street in the city of Leakey. In 2009, the school district was rated ... in Leakey dates back to the 1880s. Prior to this period, most area children were home schooled. In 1883, John and Nancy Leakey deeded land to John I. Avant, W.B. Burditt, and J.B. Johnson, who went on to establish the Floral Academy near the present day city of Leakey. ref name Hill Country cite web url http www.hillcountryrambling.com thing.php?ID 3314 title Leakey School format work Historical Markers in Leakey publisher HillCountryRambling.com date accessdate 2009 07 08 ref By 1887, the school ... rhines StudentProjects 2005 Leakey Page 5B1 5D.html title Leakey, TX format work Small Town Research ... was transferred to Edwards County officials for use as the Leakey School. A second school building was completed in 1890. Leakey School continued to grow and by 1902, enrollment had risen to 102. ref name Small Town Research In 1913, Real County was created with Leakey as the county seat. Real County Judge Ed Kelly established the Leakey Independent School District in 1919. ref name Hill Country ... in 1930. Soon after, a number of smaller schools consolidated with Leakey, including ... in 1941. ref name Hill Country Leakey won the 1975 state eight man football championship ... demographics As of the 2007 2008 school year, the Leakey Independent School District had a total enrollment ... assisted edit External links http www.leakeyisd.org Leakey ISD Official site. Category School ... more details
Infobox military person name Nigel Gray Leakey birth date 1 January 1913 death date 19 May 1941 birth place Kiganjo , Kenya death place Kolito, Ethiopian Empire Abyssinia placeofburial image Image Victoria Cross Medal without Bar.png 125px caption nickname allegiance Kenya serviceyears rank Sergeant branch commands unit King s African Rifles battles World War II awards Victoria Cross laterwork Nigel Gray Leakey Victoria Cross VC 1 January 1913 &ndash 19 May 1941 was a Kenya n recipient of the Victoria Cross , the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to United Kingdom British and Commonwealth of Nations Commonwealth forces. Details Born on 1 January 1913 in Kiganjo, Kenya, Leakey was the son of Arundel Gray Leakey, ref Arundel Gray Leakey suffered an unfortunate fate in the Mau Mau rebellion. This was described in Time Magazine for Monday 1 November 1954, under http www.time.com time magazine article 0,9171,823659,00.html?promoid googlep Blood Brother . ref a cousin of Louis Leakey . He was 28 years old, and a sergeant in the 1 6th Battalion, King s African Rifles during the Second World War when the following deed took place for which he was awarded the VC. Leakey s 1 6th Battalion was part of the 22nd East African Brigade 2nd ... of withering fire, Sergeant Leakey leaped on top of one of the tanks, wrenched open the turret .... The confusion and loss of armour Leakey caused was critical to the Italian defeat in the battle ... in the London Daily Telegraph 8 April 2000. ref Leakey has no known grave but he is commemorated ...?casualty 2539018 CWGC entry ref The medal Leakey s medal is kept at the Bromsgrove School in Worcester ...&dq nigel leakey in Google Books. See also East African Campaign World War II Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Leakey, Nigel Gray ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH ..., Ethiopian Empire Abyssinia DEFAULTSORT Leakey, Nigel Gray Category 1913 births Category 1941 deaths ... more details
About the name uses as a surname Richard surname the English monarchs King Richard disambiguation the street football game Richard football Infobox given name name Richard image Richard I of England.png imagesize caption 17th century portrait of Richard I of England Richard the Lionheart , a 12th century King of England pronunciation IPA en r t rd gender Male meaning powerful leader region origin Proto Germanic nickname Rich, Rick, Dick, Ricardo, Richie, Dickie, Richardo, Rico, Reeks related names footnotes The first or given name Richard derives from German, French, and English ric ruler, leader, king and hard strong, brave, court , therefore it means powerful leader as well as King s Court . ref name Think Baby Names cite web url http www.thinkbabynames.com meaning 1 Richard title Baby Name Richard accessdate October 2, 2008 publisher thinkbabynames.com ref The name Richard is most often used as a boy name or male name. Richard is a typical name in many Germanic languages, including ... Dutch Rijkert, Rikkert, Richard, Rick Icelandic language Icelandic R khar ur. Low German Ri c kert ... language Catalan & Occitan language Occitan Ricard. French language French Richard. Italian language ... language Czech Richard. Polish language Polish Ryszard . Russian language Russian Richard . Slovene language Slovene Rihard. Ukrainian language Ukrainian Richard . Other indo european ..., Richu, Rich. Last Names Ricard, Riccard s , Richard s , Ritchard, Richardson, Richardsson, Ricquart ... richard.asp Meaning of Richard english 3. http www.meaning of names.com french names richard.asp Meaning of Richard french Category Czech given names Category English given names Category French masculine ... br Richarzh cs Richard de Richard es Ricardo eo Rikardo fr Rich rd gl Ricardo ko is R khar ur it Riccardo he la Ricardus hu Rich rd nl Richard voornaam ja no Richard nn Rikard pl Ryszard pt Ricardo prenome ru sk Richard sl Rihard fi Rikhard sv Rikard tr Richard vi Richard ... more details
File Richard With Stokmarknes.jpg thumb 300xp Bust of Richard With br Stokmarknes, Norwy File MS Richard With i Molde.jpg thumb 300 px MS Richard With Richard Bernhard With 18 September 1846 9 February 1930 was a Norwegian ship captain, businessman and politician for the Liberal Left Party . He is known as the founder of Vesteraalens Dampskibsselskab and Hurtigruten . Background Richard Bernhard With was born in Troms as a son of shipmaster Sivert Regnor With and his wife Anne Bergitte Dahl. Being of Netherlands Dutch descent, his father was a pioneer in shipping in Troms e. With took the mate s examination in Trondheim Trondhjem in 1864, and then spent eight years at sea. In 1873 he settled in Ris yhamn as a merchant. In September the same year he married Oline Sophie Wennberg in nearby Andenes . They had the child Nanna With in 1874, but his wife died in November 1878. In 1879 he married her sister Augusta Septimia Wennberg 1847 1938 . ref name nbl cite encyclopedia year title Richard ... http www.snl.no .nbl biografi Richard With utdypning language Norwegian accessdate 16 October 2009 ref Career Richard With realized a growing transportation need in the region, particularly due to the widespread ... collapse&UttakNr 33&person 13208 title Richard Bernhard With publisher Norwegian Social Science Data ... ships SS Richard With SS Richard With 1909 and current MS Richard With MS Richard With 1993 . In Troms there is a square named Richard Withs plass , while roads are named after him Richard Withs gate or Richard Withs vei in Andenes, Trondheim , Bod , Sandnessj en and Vard . References reflist External links http www.vesteraalen.info andoy gammelt richard with risoyhamn.htm Vester len Richard With Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME With, Richard Bernhard ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT ... February 1930 PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT With, Richard Bernhard Category 1846 births Category 1930 ... of the Order of St. Olav de Richard With no Richard With nn Richard With pl Richard With sv Richard ... more details
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