Date of Birth
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03-April-1934
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Place of Birth
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London
(England, United Kingdom, Great Britain)
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Nationality
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England, Tanzania
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Also know as
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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
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Profession
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Researcher, Primatologist, Ethologist, Anthropologist
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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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