Jane Goodall

1934 -

country of citizenship: United Kingdom

languages spoken, written or signed: English

award received: Officer of the Legion of Honour, Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire, Princess of Asturias Award for Technical and Scientific Research, William Procter Prize for Scientific Achievement, Catalonia International Prize, Tyler Prize for Environmental Achievement, Benjamin Franklin Medal, Genesis Award, Nierenberg Prize, Kyoto Prize in Basic Sciences, J. Paul Getty Award for Conservation Leadership, honorary doctor of the University of Alicante, Hubbard Medal, Honorary doctorate from University of Toronto, President's Medal, prix Giles, honorary doctor of the University of Madrid Complutense, honorary doctorate of Haifa University, honorary doctor of the Syracuse University, honorary doctor of the University of Zurich, honorary doctorate of Hasselt University, honorary doctor of the University of Miami, Gold Medal of the Society of Woman Geographers, Huxley Memorial Medal, Gregor Mendel Medal, Officer of the order Orange-Nassau, International Cosmos Prize

student of: Robert Hinde

influenced by: Louis Leakey

official website: janegoodall.org, janegoodall.es/es

Dame Jane Morris Goodall (; 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. Source: Wikipedia (en)