Mary Leakey
British paleontologist
Mary Douglas Leakey, FBA was a British paleoanthropologist who discovered the first fossilised Proconsul skull, an extinct ape which is now believed to be ancestral to humans. She also discovered the robust Zinjanthropus skull at Olduvai Gorge in... Wikipedia
Born: February 6, 1913, London, United Kingdom
Died: December 9, 1996 (age 83 years), Nairobi, Kenya
Children: Richard Leakey, Jonathan Leakey, and Philip Leakey
Spouse: Louis Leakey (m. 1936–1972)
Education: University College London
Parents: Cecilia Marion Frere and Erskine Edward Nicol
Awards: Hubbard Medal (1962) and Prestwich Medal (1969)