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Here's a look at the life of world-renowned primatologist, activist and conservationist Jane Goodall.
Birthdate: April 3, 1934
Place of birth: London England
Birth name: Valerie Jane Morris Goodall
Father: Mortimer Morris-Goodall, businessman
Mother: Margaret Myfanwe (Joseph) Morris-Goodall, novelist
Marriages: Derek Bryceson (1975-1980, his death); Hugo van Lawick (March 28, 1964-1974, divorced)
Children: with van Lawick: Hugo
Education: University of Cambridge, Ph.D. in ethology, 1965
He earned a doctorate without first receiving a bachelor's or master's degree.
She was the first scientist to give names to her research subjects instead of the conventional practice of assigning them numbers.
It was discovered that chimpanzees engage in wars with neighboring communities and that chimpanzees are capable of altruism, which they demonstrate by adopting unrelated orphaned babies.
The first to observe chimpanzees eating meat and making and using tools.
1956 – While working as an assistant at a London film studio, he receives an invitation from a friend to visit his farm in Kenya.
1957 – He arrives in Africa and meets the famous archaeologist and paleontologist Louis Leakey. He hires her as her assistant and then asks her to study a group of chimpanzees living in Tanzania.
July 1960 – He arrives at the Gombe Stream Chimpanzee Reserve in Tanzania to begin his study of chimpanzees.
October 1960 – Goodall observes chimpanzees eating meat; They were thought to be vegetarians.
November 1960 – See the first recorded case of chimpanzees making and using tools.
1977 – Founded the Jane Goodall Institute.
1991 – The Roots and Shoots environmental program for young people begins.
2002 – Designated United Nations Messenger of Peace.
February 20, 2004 – She is invested as a Dame of the British Empire at Buckingham Palace.
2010 – A documentary film about her life, “Jane's Journey,” is released.
March 2013 – He apologizes for plagiarized passages from his book, “Seeds of Hope: Wisdom and Wonder from the World of Plants,” scheduled for publication in April. The Washington Post first reported on the borrowed passages, saying they came from Wikipedia and other websites.
September 30, 2014 – A new species of orchid bears the name Good. The orchid Dendrobium goodallianum was collected in Papua New Guinea in 2003.
October 20, 2017 – Opens “Jane,” a documentary about Goodall’s early work with chimpanzees, directed by Brett Morgan.
January 2019 – Announces the launch of the Jane Goodall Legacy Foundation, “in the hope that we can create an endowment that will allow the programs I have developed to continue, new ones to be started, and the fight for the good of the natural world to continue beyond my lifetime.” life”. It is registered in Switzerland.
April 17, 2019 – He is included in Time 100, the magazine's annual list of the world's most influential people.
May 8, 2020 – In an interview with CNN's Christiane Amanpour, Goodall says humanity's lack of respect for nature led to the coronavirus pandemic, saying “we brought it on ourselves.”
May 20, 2021 – He is announced as the winner of the Templeton Prize, an award valued at more than $1.5 million, which honors “outstanding individuals who have dedicated their talents to expanding our vision of human purpose and ultimate reality.”
July 12, 2022 – Mattel Inc announces the launch of a new Goodall Barbie doll, made from recycled plastic, as part of its Inspiring Women Barbie collection.
