Jane Goodall

Dame Jane Morris Goodall, formerly Baroness Jane van Lawick-Goodall, was an English zoologist, primatologist and anthropologist. She was considered the world's foremost expert on chimpanzees, having studied the social... Wikipedia

  • Born:  Valerie Jane Morris-Goodall, April 3, 1934, London, England
  • Age at death:  91 years
  • Died:  October 1, 2025, Los Angeles, California, US
  • Fields:  Ethology
  • Education:  Newnham College, Cambridge (BA), Darwin College, Cambridge (PhD)
  • Thesis:  Behaviour of Free-Living Chimpanzees (1966)
  • Known for:  Study of chimpanzees, conservation, animal welfare
  • Notable 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), Presidential Medal of Freedom (2025)
  • Children:  1
  • Data source:  DuckDuckGo