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3 definitions found
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
Leakey
n 1: 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: {Richard
Leakey}, {Richard Erskine Leakey}]
2: English paleontologist (the wife of Louis Leakey) who
discovered the Zinjanthropus skull that was 1,750,000
years old (1913-1996) [syn: {Mary Leakey}, {Mary Douglas
Leakey}]
3: English paleontologist whose account of fossil discoveries
in Tanzania changed theories of human evolution
(1903-1972) [syn: {Louis Leakey}, {Louis Seymour Bazett
Leakey}]
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Leakey, TX (city, FIPS 42004)
Location: 29.72438 N, 99.76225 W
Population (1990): 399 (212 housing units)
Area: 1.4 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 78873
From U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000) [gaz-place]:
Leakey, TX -- U.S. city in Texas
Population (2000): 387
Housing Units (2000): 211
Land area (2000): 0.556992 sq. miles (1.442603 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 0.556992 sq. miles (1.442603 sq. km)
FIPS code: 42004
Located within: Texas (TX), FIPS 48
Location: 29.725243 N, 99.761463 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 78873
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Leakey, TX
Leakey
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