Dr. Dame Jane Goodall - Jane Goodall was born in London, on April 3rd 1934. She travelled to Kenya in 1957 and there she meets Dr Louis S.B. Leakey, a famous anthropologist and palaeontologist. Her knowledge of Africa and its wildlife leads to him hiring her as his assistant. In 1960, Jane arrives on the shores of the Gombe Stream Chimpanzee Reserve in western Tanzania. At first the animals fled from her in fear but with patience and regular searches of the forest, and not getting too close too soon, the chimpanzees gradually accepted her presence. In October, 1961, she observes meat eating in chimps for the first time. At a later date, she sees them hunt for meat, which disproved that chimps are vegetarian. She also gets to see them making tools our of branches, such as using braches to push into termite mounds. This was one of the greatest discoveries for Jane as up until that time, it was believed that only humans were capable of creating tools. In 1962 she was accepted into Cambridge University as a PhD candidate. In August 1963 she published her first article, "My Life Among Wild Chimpanzees" in National Geographic.
Jane earns her PhD in ethology in 1965 and in 1977, Jane founds the Jane Goodall Institute for Wildlife Research, Education and Conservation. In 1988 the Jane Goodall Institute UK is founded as a charity.
Jane has produced lots of scientific research over the years which has helped define what we know about chimpanzees. Her list of publications include "Hope for Animals and Their World: How Endangered Species are Being Rescued from the Brink" and "The Chimpanzees of Gombe: Patterns of Behaviour". Today she spends her time peaking at venues around the world about eh threats facing chimpanzees and other environmental crises.
For more information see http://www.janegoodall.org.uk/jane-goodall/biography