Jane Goodall

Jane Goodall was born on April 3,1934 in London. She is a British primatologist, ethnologists, anthropologist and UN Messenger of Peace. She has studied at the university of Cambridge, and is very fond of animals especially chimps. She has written many novels and has studied chimps worldwide. Jane is the former wife of Derek Bryceson and was the mother of Hugo van lawick who lived from 1964-1974. Jane was also very fond of animals since childhood, she always drew sketches and took notes of native birds and animals. Today she is 79 years old and still isn’t tired of her profession.

Jane Goodall had many many accomplishments in her career life. Some of which include her winning awards such as the Benjamin Franklin Medal, the Hubbard medal, Nierenberg prize, and last but not least William Procter prize for scientific Achievement. It has been 38 years since Jane has been doing research at Gombe. She has planned on her own to go to the jungle and explore the lives of chimpanzees. Gombe is along Lake Tanganyika and borders Burundi and Congo.

Jane Goodall has contributed to science. This is by her studying and observing the movement and appearance of many animals, specifically chimps. Her work has gained many people knowledge today about chimpanzees that were never known before. She has opened the door of chimpanzees to people who never knew they were going to have so much love for them. Her contribution to science has been very inspiring to many young and old observers by giving them a new, special, and important, fixation to chimps.

By: Faria Qureshi