Quote of the day
The basis of tragedy is man's helplessness against disease, war and death; the basis of comedy is man's helplessness against vanity (the vanity of love, greed, lust, power).
Louis Leakey

Born: August 7, 1903
Died: October 1, 1972 (aged 69)
Bio: Louis Seymour Bazett Leakey, also known as L. S. B.
Known for:
- The southern Kikuyu before 1903
- Defeating Mau Mau (1954)
- Unveiling man's origins (1969)
- Mau Mau and the Kikuyu (1952)
- Olduvai Gorge (1965)