Kenneth Oakley Scientist

Kenneth Page Oakley (7 April 1911 – 2 November 1981) 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.

Personal facts

Birth dateApril 07, 1911
Birth nameKenneth Page Oakley
Birth place
Buckinghamshire , Amersham
Date of deathNovember 02, 1981
Place of death
Amersham
Known for
Dating methodologies in archaeology

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Field of study
Biological anthropology

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