Kenneth Oakley
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1911 – 1981
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Who was Kenneth Oakley?
Kenneth Page Oakley was an English physical anthropologist, palaeontologist and geologist.
Oakley, known for his work in the relative dating of fossils by fluorine content, was instrumental in the exposure in the 1950s of the Piltdown Man hoax.
Oakley was born and died in Amersham, Buckinghamshire.
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- Born
- Apr 7, 1911
Amersham - Also known as
- Kenneth Page Oakley
- Nationality
- England
- Education
- University College London
- Died
- Nov 2, 1981
Amersham
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on July 23, 2013
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