Editing Richard Leakey (section)

===Marriage===
In 1964, on his second Lake Natron expedition, Leakey met an archaeologist named Margaret Cropper.<ref>{{cite web |title=Leakey, Richard |url=https://www.encyclopedia.com/social-sciences/applied-and-social-sciences-magazines/leakey-richard |website=Encyclopedia.com |access-date=3 January 2022}}</ref> When Margaret returned to England, Leakey decided to follow suit to study for a degree and become better acquainted with her. He completed his high school requirements in six months; meanwhile Margaret obtained her degree at the [[University of Edinburgh]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Richard Leakey obituary |url=https://www.theguardian.com/science/2022/jan/03/richard-leakey-obituary |website=The Guardian |access-date=4 January 2022 |language=en |date=3 January 2022}}</ref> He passed the entrance exams for admission to college, but in 1965 he and Margaret decided to marry and return to Kenya. His father offered him a job at the Centre for Prehistory and Palaeontology.<ref>{{cite web |title=Richard Leakey |url=https://ffrf.org/ftod-cr/item/14913-richard-leakey |website=Freedom from Religion Foundation |access-date=3 January 2022 |language=en-gb}}</ref>  He worked excavating at [[Lake Baringo]] and continued his photographic safari business, making enough money to buy a house in [[Karen, Kenya|Karen]], a pleasant suburb of Nairobi.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Church |first1=Lauren Belfer |title=A taste of paradise in the Kenyan wilderness |url=https://www.csmonitor.com/1984/0608/060859.html |website=Christian Science Monitor |access-date=3 January 2022 |date=8 June 1984}}</ref>  Their daughter Anna was born in 1969, the same year that Leakey and Margaret divorced.  He married his colleague [[Meave Leakey|Meave Epps]] in 1970 and they had two daughters, [[Louise Leakey|Louise]] (born 1972) and Samira (1974).<ref>{{cite web |last1=Lukpat |first1=Alyssa |last2=Chung |first2=Christine |title=Richard Leakey, Kenyan Fossil Hunter and Conservationist, Dies at 77 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/03/world/africa/richard-leakey-dead.html |website=The New York Times |access-date=4 January 2022 |date=3 January 2022}}</ref>