Jane Goodall

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Jane Goodall

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Dame; Jane Goodall; DBE
	Goodall in Tanzania in 2018
Born	Valerie Jane Morris-Goodall; 3 April 1934; London, England
Education	Newnham College, Cambridge (BA); Darwin College, Cambridge (MA, PhD)
Known for	Study of chimpanzees, conservation, animal welfare
Spouses	; Hugo van Lawick (m. 1964; div. 1974) Derek Bryceson (m. 1975; died 1980)
Children	1
Awards	Kyoto Prize (1990); Hubbard Medal (1995); Tyler Prize for Environmental Achievement (1997); Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (2004); Templeton Prize (2021);
	Scientific career
Thesis	Behaviour of free-living chimpanzees (1966)
Doctoral advisor	Robert Hinde
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Dame Jane Morris Goodall DBE (/ˈɡʊdɔːl/; born Valerie Jane Morris-Goodall; 3 April 1934), formerly Baroness Jane van Lawick-Goodall, is an English primatologist and anthropologist. She is considered the world's foremost expert on chimpanzees, after 60 years' studying the social and family interactions of wild chimpanzees. Goodall first went to Gombe Stream National Park in Tanzania to observe its chimpanzees in 1960.

She is the founder of the Jane Goodall Institute and the Roots & Shoots programme, and she has worked extensively on conservation and animal welfare issues. As of 2022, she is on the board of the Nonhuman Rights Project. In April 2002, she was named a United Nations Messenger of Peace. Goodall is an honorary member of the World Future Council.

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