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Born in London.
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Mary and her family lived in England at the time of the war. But prior to the war she travelled a lot with her family. After the war they continued tavelling.
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After her father died, she returned to France and unhappily attend several schools.
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She attended lectures in Geology and Achaeology at London University and at London Museums
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She married Louis Leakey in '36 and had 3 sons. Mary moved to Kenya with Louis and worked in east Africa for majority od her career.
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Studdied and recorded a Pleistoncene Tanzania rock painting, that for the basis of one of her books.
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After she was widowed she spent majority of her time travelling to give lectures, raise funds and receive many honors.
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She retired to Nairobi to be close to her family. There she sontinued to work on her manuscripts.
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