Buckminster Fuller vs Louis Leakey
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Compare the life timelines of Buckminster Fuller (1895–1983) and Louis Leakey (1903–1972) side by side. Their lives overlapped for 69 years, from 1903 to 1972.
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Buckminster Fuller (1895–1983)
- — Born in Milton, Massachusetts Verified
- — Expelled from Harvard University Verified
- — Married Anne Hewlett Verified
- — Experienced a turning point after personal crisis Verified
- — Designed the Dymaxion house and car Verified
- — Patented the geodesic dome Verified
- — Joined the faculty of Southern Illinois University Verified
- — Designed the U.S. Pavilion for Expo 67 Verified
- — Awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom Verified
- — Died in Los Angeles, California Verified
Louis Leakey (1903–1972)
- — Born at Kabete, British East Africa Verified
- — Studied at St John's College, Cambridge Verified
- — Began excavations at Olduvai Gorge Verified
- — Married Mary Nicol Verified
- — Served as curator of the Coryndon Memorial Museum in Nairobi Verified
- — Proconsul africanus skull found on Rusinga Island Verified
- — Discovery of the Zinjanthropus skull at Olduvai Gorge Verified
- — Arranged long-term primate field studies Verified
- — Homo habilis named from Olduvai fossils Verified
- — Died in London Verified