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Henrietta Leakey
First wife of Louis Leakey · United Kingdom · On the map · Lived 1902 to 1993 · aged 91
Henrietta Wilfrida "Frida" Leakey; née Avern, also known as H. Wilfrida Leakey, was a British teacher and archaeological illustrator who discovered a gorge that was named FLK or "Frida Leakey Korongo". The gorge was the site of ancient stone tools and important human fossil discoveries.
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Leakey was the first wife of paleoanthropologist and archaeologist, Louis Leakey. She later became a leader in the Women's Institute and a County Councillor in Cambridgeshire.