We celebrate the tremendous contributions of dr Jane goodall's mentor who helps us redefine what it means to be human. Louis leakey contributed immeasurably to the understanding of our origins, and his work radically changed the way we now view early humans The leakey foundation is proud to carry on louis leakey's legacy and work to fulfill his dream of increasing scientific research and public understanding of human origins, evolution, behavior, and survival. Louis seymour bazett leakey was born on august 7, 1903 at kabete mission, nine miles from nairobi, kenya His parents, harry and mary leakey, were english missionaries to the kikuyu tribe, and despite brief stays in england during his childhood, louis grew up more african than english.
In addition to his paleoanthropological research, louis leakey influenced and assisted researchers in many related fields He inspired (and found sponsors for) field studies of chimpanzees, mountain gorillas, and orangutans by jane goodall, dian fossey, and birute galdikas brindamour Louis leakey died of a heart attack in london on october 1. The leakeys louis leakey dr.louis leakey, his wife mary, their son richard and his wife meave have made some of the greatest discoveries in the study of early man Louis used to ascribe his great achievements and finds to leakey's luck. almost as important as their discoveries were the publicity and prestige they gave to their field Louis leakey (born august 7, 1903, kabete, kenya—died october 1, 1972, london, england) was a kenyan archaeologist and anthropologist, a member of the distinguished leakey family of scholars and researchers, whose fossil discoveries in east africa proved that human being s were far older than had previously been believed and that human.
