Kenneth Oakley

Kenneth Oakley
Born Kenneth Page Oakley
7 April 1911
Amersham, Buckinghamshire
Died 2 November 1981(1981-11-02) (aged 70)
Amersham
Nationality English
Fields physical anthropologist
Known for relative dating of fossils by fluorine content
Notable awards Prestwich Medal (1963)

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,[1][2] was instrumental in the exposure[3] in the 1950s of the Piltdown Man hoax.

Oakley was born and died in Amersham, Buckinghamshire.

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