Colin Leakey
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Colin Louis Avern Leakey (13 December 1933, Cambridge, England – 29 January 2018, Lincoln, England) was 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 beans.
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Born | (1933-12-13)13 December 1933 |
Died | 29 January 2018(2018-01-29) (aged 84) |
Education | Gresham's School |
Alma mater | Cambridge University (MA, PhD) Exeter University University of the West Indies, Trinidad, |
Known for | World authority on beans |
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Relatives | Richard Leakey, Philip Leakey (half-brothers) |
Awards | Currie Memorial Prize (Exeter) |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Plant science |
Institutions | Makerere University, Uganda, |
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