Colin Leakey

Colin Leakey
Born(1933-12-13)13 December 1933
Cambridge, England
Died29 January 2018(2018-01-29) (aged 84)
Lincoln, England
EducationGresham's School
Alma materCambridge University (MA, PhD)
Exeter University
University of the West Indies, Trinidad,
Known forWorld authority on beans
SpouseSusan
Children1
Parents
RelativesRichard Leakey, Philip Leakey (half-brothers)
AwardsCurrie Memorial Prize (Exeter)
Scientific career
FieldsPlant science
InstitutionsMakerere University, Uganda,

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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