Jane Goodall

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born

April 03, 1934 in London, England, The United Kingdom

gender

female

website

http://www.janegoodall.org/

genre

Nonfiction, Science, Outdoors & Nature

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Dame Jane Morris Goodall, DBE (born Valerie Jane Morris-Goodall), is a British primatologist, ethologist, anthropologist, and UN Messenger of Peace. Considered to be the world's foremost expert on chimpanzees, Goodall is best known for her 45-year study of social and family interactions of wild chimpanzees in Gombe Stream National Park, Tanzania. She is the founder of the Jane Goodall Institute and has worked extensively on conservation and animal welfare issues.

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Books by Jane Goodall

Average rating: 4.18 · 7,669 ratings · 836 reviews · 107 distinct works

	In the Shadow of Man by Jane Goodall, Hugo Van Lawick (Photographer), David A. Hamburg (Foreword by) 4.31 avg rating — 1,259 ratings — published 1971 — 15 editions	My rating:
	Reason for Hope: A Spiritual Journey by Jane Goodall, Phillip Berman 4.10 avg rating — 1,152 ratings — published 1998 — 21 editions	My rating:
	Harvest for Hope: A Guide to Mindful Eating by Jane Goodall, Gail Hudson, Gary McAvoy 3.98 avg rating — 803 ratings — published 2005 — 19 editions	My rating:
	Through a Window: My Thirty Years with the Chimpanzees of Gombe 4.22 avg rating — 504 ratings — published 1990 — 12 editions	My rating:
	My Life with the Chimpanzees 4.04 avg rating — 326 ratings — published 1988 — 10 editions	My rating:
	Hope for Animals and Their World: How Endangered Species Are Being Rescued from the Brink 3.87 avg rating — 208 ratings — published 2009 — 10 editions	My rating:
	The Ten Trusts: What We Must Do to Care for The Animals We Love by Jane Goodall, Marc Bekoff 4.19 avg rating — 181 ratings — published 2002 — 4 editions	My rating:
	Africa in My Blood: An Autobiography in Letters by Jane Goodall, Dale Peterson (Editor) 4.07 avg rating — 144 ratings — published 2000 — 3 editions	My rating:
	Chimpanzees I Love: Saving Their World And Ours 4.19 avg rating — 58 ratings — 2 editions	My rating:
	The Chimpanzees Of Gombe: Patterns Of Behavior 4.40 avg rating — 45 ratings — published 1997 — 2 editions	My rating:

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Quotes by Jane Goodall

“What you do makes a difference, and you have to decide what kind of difference you want to make.”
― Jane Goodall

tags: inspiration

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“If we kill off the wild, then we are killing a part of our souls.”
― Jane Goodall

tags: conservation , nature

55 people liked it

“We have the choice to use the gift of our life to make the world a better place--or not to bother”
― Jane Goodall

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