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13 Jane Goodall Facts for Kids

navajocodetalkersadmin on January 5, 2015 - 4:00 pm in Fun Facts for Kids

You may have heard about Jane Goodall and her groundbreaking work with chimpanzees. But how much do you really know about this champion of chimps who hails from London, England? If the answer is not much, then we have gathered a few facts, below, that you might find interesting.

1. Jane’s birthday is April 3rd. She was born in 1934.

2. Goodall received her education at a private school named Uplands. She also worked as a secretary at Oxford University for a time after she was done with high school.

3. Later, Goodall met Louis Leakey, who also hired her as a secretary. Leakey was studying primates to learn more about the process of evolution. He was also very interested in chimps.

4. Leakey sent Goodall on her first expedition to study chimps in Africa. Her second journey would be one she funded herself.

5. On this second expedition to the Gombe Stream National Park in Tanzania, it took Jane 2 years before she could get very close to the chimps and they trusted her. Goodall would spend years living and researching these chimps on the Gombe Stream.

6. Over the course of this study, Goodall found out that chimps have a social system, sometimes eat meat, use language to communicate, and even use tools and weapons.

7. Controversially, Goodall did not number the chimps that she observed. Instead, she named them. This was not standard scientific practice at the time.

8. In 1964, Goodall would marry a wildlife photographer and filmmaker named Baron Hugo van Lawick. They would later have a son, Hugo. Her second marriage would occur in 1973 to Derek Bryceson.

9. It was not until 1965 that Goodall would earn her Ph.D. from Cambridge. Before this, she had not earned either her bachelor’s or master’s degrees. Since this time, she has also won several honorary degrees from various institutions.

10. Gooddall has held professorships at both Stanford University in the US and at the University of Dar es Salaam, which is located in Tanzania.

11. Jane founded her own institute for Wildlife Research, Education, and Conservation in the late 1970s.

12. Several documentary films have been produced about Jane’s work. This includes titles like Jane’s Journey and Among the Wild Chimpanzees.

13. Not only is Goodall a respected researcher, but she has also been the author of important books about chimps, nature, plants, and other animals. She is also passionate in advocating for more compassionate treatment of animals and lab animals.

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