was born in London , England on April 3, 1934. Jane was the first child of Mortimer Herbert Morris-Goodall and the former Margaret Myfanwe Joseph. Her younger sister, Judy, was born in 1938. Jane's father gave her a life-like toy monkey called Jubilee, although friends thought it would scare her. Today, the toy still sits on her dresser in London. After the divorce of their parents when Jane was only 8, Jane and Judy moved with their mother to the seaside city of Bournemouth, England, where Jane's maternal grandmother and two great-aunts lived.
Goodall was interested in animals from her youth; this, coupled with her Secretarial training prompted noted anthropologist Louis Leakey to hire her as his secretary during her trip to Kenya in 1957 and 1958. It was through her association with Leakey that Goodall began studying the chimpanzees of Gombe Stream National Park (then known as ) in July, 1960. Leakey arranged for Goodall to return to the UK where she earned a doctorate in Ethology from the University Of Cambridge in 1964.
Goodall has been married twice: first, in 1964, to an aristocratic wildlife photographer, Baron Hugo Van Lawick ; they divorced amicably in 1974. Their son, Hugo, known as 'Grub', was born in 1967. She married Derek Bryceson , (a member of Tanzania ’s parliament and the director of that country’s national parks) in 1975, and they remained married until his death in 1980.
Goodall is an advocate for environmental and humanitarian causes, having served as a United Nations Messenger of Peace since 2002. She was named a Dame Commander Of The British Empire in a ceremony held in Buckingham Palace in 2004.
She is on the advisory board of BBC Wildlife magazine.
Dr. Goodall’s many honors include the Medal Of Tanzania , Japan's prestigious Kyoto Prize , the Benjamin Franklin Medal in Life Science, and the Gandhi-King Award For Nonviolence . In April 2002, Secretary-General Kofi Annan named Dr. Goodall a United Nations Messenger of Peace.
Goodall is known for her landmark study of chimpanzees in Gombe Stream National Park , Tanzania . In 1977, Goodall established the Jane Goodall Institute (JGI), which supports the Gombe research and is a global leader in the effort to protect chimpanzees and their habitats. With 19 offices around the world, the Institute is widely recognized for innovative, community-centered conservation and development programs in Africa and a global youth program, Roots & Shoots, which currently operates in 87 countries. Today, Dr. Goodall devotes virtually all of her time to advocating on behalf of chimpanzees and the environment, traveling nearly 300 days a year.
Goodall was instrumental in the recognition of social learning, Thinking , acting, and culture in wild chimpanzees, their differentiation from the Bonobo , and the inclusion of both species along with the gorilla as Hominid s.
One of Goodall's major contributions to the field of primatology was the discovery of tool use in chimpanzees. She discovered that some chimpanzees poke twigs into Termite mounds. The termites would grab onto the stick with their mandibles and the chimpanzees would then just pull the stick out and eat the termites. Previously, only humans were thought to use tools. Another characteristic of the chimpanzee that Jane Goodall discovered was the cooperative hunting of Red Colobus monkeys.
Goodall also set herself apart from the traditional conventions of the time in her study of primates by Naming the animals she studied, instead of assigning each a number. This numbering was a nearly universal practice at the time, and thought to be important in the removal of one's self from the potential for emotional attachment to the subject being studied.
One of Gary Larson 's '' The Far Side '' Cartoon s shows two chimpanzees Grooming . One finds a human hair on the other and asks her husband "doing a little more 'research' with that Jane Goodall tramp?" Larson writes in '' The PreHistory Of The Far Side '' (p.167) that the Goodall Institute sent a "very indignant" letter to his distribution syndicate. However, it turned out that Goodall herself "loved the cartoon". Since then, all profits from sales of a shirt featuring this cartoon go to the Goodall Institute. In addition, Goodall wrote a preface to ''The Far Side Gallery 5'' which discussed the controversy, and praised ''The Far Side'' for Larson's creative ideas, which often compare and contrast the behavior of humans and animals. Gary Larson visited Gombe National Park in 1988.
Goodall has also appeared (cast as herself) in an episode of Nickelodeon's animated series '' The Wild Thornberrys '' entitled "The Trouble With Darwin". She's also a character in Irregular Webcomic! 's "Steve and Terry" theme. A parody of Goodall in an episode of '' The Simpsons '' featured her as a diamond-hoarding slave driver of chimpanzees.
- Order of the Golden Ark, World Wildlife Award for Conservation
- J. Paul Getty Wildlife Conservation Prize
- Living Legacy Award from the International Women's League
- Society of the United States; Award for Humane Excellence, American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals
- Albert Schweitzer Prize
- Encyclopaedia Britannica Award for Excellence on the Dissemination of Learning for the Benefit of Mankind; Anthropologist of the Year Award
- The AMES Award, American Anthropologist Association; Whooping Crane Conservation Award, Conoco, Inc.; Gold Medal of the Society of Women Geographers; Inamori Foundation Award; Washoe Award; The Kyoto Prize in Basic Science
- The Edinburgh Medal
- Rainforest Alliance Champion Award
- Chester Zoo Diamond Jubilee Medal
- Commander Of The British Empire , presented by Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II; The National Geographic Society Hubbard Medal for Distinction in Exploration, Discovery, and Research; Lifetime Achievement Award, In Defense of Animals; The Moody Gardens Environmental Award; Honorary Wardenship of Uganda National Parks
- The Zoological Society of London Silver Medal; The Tanzanian Kilimanjaro Medal; The Primate Society of Great Britain Conservation Award; The Caring Institute Award; The Polar Bear Award; William Proctor Prize for Scientific Achievement
- John & Alice Tyler Prize for Environmental Achievement; David S. Ingells, Jr. Award for Excellence; Common Wealth Award for Public Service; The Field Museum's Award of Merit; Tyler Prize for Environmental Achievement; Royal Geographical Society / Discovery Channel Europe Award for A Lifetime of Discovery
- Disney's Animal Kingdom Eco Hero Award; National Science Board Public Service Award; The Orion Society’s John Hay Award
- International Peace Award; Botanical Research Institute of Texas International Award of Excellence in Conservation, Community Of Christ International Peace Award
- Graham J. Norton Award for Achievement in Increasing Community Liability; Rungius Award of the National Museum of Wildlife Art, USA; Roger Tory Peterson Memorial Medal, Harvard Museum of Natural History; Master Peace Award; Gandhi/King Award for Non-Violence
- The Huxley Memorial Medal, Royal Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland; United Nations “Messenger of Peace” Appointment
- Benjamin Franklin Medal in Life Science; Harvard Medical School's Center for Health and the Global Environment Award; Prince of Asturias Award for Technical and Scientific Achievement; Dame Of The British Empire , presented by His Royal Highness Prince Charles; Chicago Academy of Sciences’ Honorary Environmental Leader Award
- Nierenberg Prize for Science in the Public Interest; Will Rogers Spirit Award, the Rotary Club of Will Rogers and Will Rogers Memorial Museums; Life Time Achievement Award, the International Fund For Animal Welfare (IFAW)
- Honorary doctorate degree in science from Syracuse University
- Presented with Discovery and Imagination Award
- Received the 60th Anniversary Medal of the UNESCO and the French Légion D'honneur .
- ''My Friends the Wild Chimpanzees'' Washington, DC: National Geographic Society
- ''Innocent Killers'' (with H. van Lawick). Boston: Houghton Mifflin; London: Collins.
- ''In the Shadow of Man'' Boston: Houghton Mifflin; London: Collins. Published in 48 languages.
- ''The Chimpanzees of Gombe: Patterns of Behavior'' Boston: Bellknap Press of the Harvard University Press. Published also in Japanese and Russian. R.R. Hawkins Award for the Outstanding Technical, Scientific or Medical book of 1986, to Bellknap Press of Harvard University Press, Boston. The Wildlife Society (USA) Award for "Outstanding Publication in Wildlife Ecology and Management".
- ''Through a Window: 30 years observing the Gombe chimpanzees'' London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson; Boston: Houghton Mifflin. Translated into more than 15 languages. 1991 Penguin edition, UK. American Library Association "Best" list among Nine Notable Books (Nonfiction) for 1991.
- ''Visions of Caliban'' (co-authored with Dale Peterson, Ph.D.). Boston: Houghton Mifflin. New York
Times "Notable Book" for 1993. Library Journal "Best Sci-Tech Book" for 1993.
- ''Brutal Kinship'' (with Michael Nichols). New York: Aperture Foundation.
- ''Reason For Hope; A Spiritual Journey'' (with Phillip Berman). New York: Warner Books, Inc. Translated into Japanese.
- ''40 Years At Gombe'' New York: Stewart, Tabori, and Chang.
- ''Africa In My Blood'' (edited by Dale Peterson). New York: Houghton Mifflin Company.
- ''Beyond Innocence: An Autobiography in Letters, the later years'' (edited by Dale Peterson). New York: Houghton Mifflin Company
- ''The Ten Trusts: What We Must Do To Care for the Animals We Love'' (with Marc Bekoff ). San Francisco: Harper San Francisco
- ''Harvest for Hope: A Guide to Mindful Eating'' New York: Warner Books, Inc.
- ''Grub: The Bush Baby'' (with H. van Lawick). Boston: Houghton Mifflin.
- ''My Life with the Chimpanzees'' New York: Byron Preiss Visual Publications, Inc. Translated into French, Japanese and Chinese. Parenting's Reading-Magic Award for "Outstanding Book for Children," 1989.
- ''The Chimpanzee Family Book'' Saxonville, MA: Picture Book Studio; Munich: Neugebauer Press; London: Picture Book Studio. Translated into more than 15 languages, including Japanese and Kiswahili. The UNICEF Award for the best children's book of 1989. Austrian state prize for best children's book of 1990.
- ''Jane Goodall's Animal World: Chimps'' New York: Macmillan.
- ''Animal Family Series: Chimpanzee Family; Lion Family; Elephant Family; Zebra Family; Giraffe Family; Baboon Family; Hyena Family; Wildebeest Family'' Toronto: Madison Marketing Ltd.
- ''With Love'' New York / London: North-South Books. Translated into German, French, Italian, and Japanese.
- ''Dr. White'' (illustrated by Julie Litty). New York: North-South Books.
- ''The Eagle & the Wren'' (illustrated by Alexander Reichstein). New York: North-South Books.
- ''Chimpanzees I Love: Saving Their World and Ours'' New York: Scholastic Press
- ''Rickie and Henri: A True Story'' (with Alan Marks) Penguin Young Readers Group
- ''Miss Goodall and the Wild Chimpanzees'' National Geographic Society
- ''Among the Wild Chimpanzees'' National Geographic Special
- ''People of the Forest'' with Hugo van Lawick
- ''Chimpanzee Alert'' in the Nature Watch Series, Central Television
- ''Chimps, So Like Us'' HBO film nominated for 1990 Academy Award
- ''The Life and Legend of Jane Goodall'' National Geographic Society.
- ''The Gombe Chimpanzees'' Bavarian Television
- ''Fifi's Boys'' for the Natural World series for the BBC
- ''Chimpanzee Diary'' for BBC2 Animal Zone
- ''Animal Minds'' for BBC
- ''Jane Goodall: Reason For Hope'' PBS special produced by KTCA
- ''Chimps R Us'' PBS special Scientific Frontiers.
- ''Jane Goodall’s Wild Chimpanzees'' ( IMAX format), in collaboration with Science North
(This list is mostly taken from http://www.janegoodall.org/jane/pub.asp.)
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