Jane Goodall

Anthropologist, Academic

1934 –

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Who is Jane Goodall?

Dame Jane Morris Goodall, DBE is a British primatologist, ethologist, anthropologist, and UN Messenger of Peace. Considered to be the world's foremost expert on chimpanzees, Goodall is best known for her 45-year study of social and family interactions of wild chimpanzees in Gombe Stream National Park, Tanzania. She is the founder of the Jane Goodall Institute and the Roots & Shoots program, and she has worked extensively on conservation and animal welfare issues. She has served on the board of the Nonhuman Rights Project since its founding in 1996.

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Born
Apr 3, 1934
London
Also known as
  • DBE
  • Dame Jane Morris Goodall
  • Dr. Jane van Lanick-Goodall
  • Dr. Jane Goodall
  • Valerie Jane Morris-Goodall
  • Baroness van Lawick-Goodall
  • "Trimate"
  • Valerie Jane Morris Goodall , DBE , Ph.D.
  • Lady Valerie Jane Morris Goodall DBE
Parents
Siblings
Spouses
Children
Religion
  • Christianity
Ethnicity
  • British people
Nationality
  • England
  • Tanzania
Profession
Education
  • Newnham College, Cambridge
  • Doctorate, Darwin College, Cambridge
    Ethology
    (1962 - 1964)
Employment
  • The Jane Goodall Institute
Lived in
  • England
  • London
  • Tanzania

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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