Jane Goodall
Social Life of Chimpanzees
Year of Birth
1934
Nationality
GB
Field of Knowledge
Anthropology
Dame Jane Morris Goodall (; born Valerie Jane Morris-Goodall on 3 April 1934), formerly Baroness Jane van Lawick-Goodall, is an English primatologist and anthropologist. Considered to be the world’s foremost expert on chimpanzees, Goodall is best known for her 60-year study of social and family interactions of wild chimpanzees since she first went to Gombe Stream National Park in Tanzania 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. She has served on the board of the Nonhuman Rights Project since its founding in 1996. In April 2002, she was named a UN Messenger of Peace. Goodall is also honorary member of the World Future Council.
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| Global Ranking | 35 | 18 | 32 | 9 | 31 | — |
| German Ranking | — | — | 65 | 21 | — | — |
| Hispanic Ranking | — | 7 | 47 | — | — | — |
| China Inside Ranking | — | — | 79 | — | — | — |
| China Outside Ranking | — | — | 1 | — | — | — |