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Jane Goodall

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Jane Goodall

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Dame Valerie Jane Morris Goodall, DBE, was a British primatologist and anthropologist considered a pioneer in primate ethology, best known for her long-term observational studies of social and family behavior in wild chimpanzees in Gombe Stream National Park, Tanzania.

Category
Scientists
Nationality
U.K.
Born
1934-04-03
Died
2025-10-01
Wikidata
Q184746
Occupations university teacheradvocateanimal behavioristprimatologistanthropologistbiologistautobiographerwriter
Aliases Baroness Jane van Lawick-GoodallDame Jane GoodallDame Jane Morris GoodallJane GoodallValerie Jane Morris-GoodallJane GoodallJane GoodallBaroness Jane van Roijk GoodallJane GoodallJane GoodallJane GoodallJane Goodall

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