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Jane Goodall

Founder & UN Messenger of Peace

Jane Goodall Institute

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About

British primatologist, ethologist, and anthropologist, widely considered the world's foremost expert on chimpanzees. Founder of the Jane Goodall Institute and the Roots & Shoots youth programme.

Education

PhD
Newnham College, University of Cambridge · 1966
Honorary DSc
University of Cambridge · 2017

Awards

Templeton Prize
John Templeton Foundation · 2021
Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire
United Kingdom · 2004
Benjamin Franklin Medal in Life Science
The Franklin Institute · 2003
Tyler Prize for Environmental Achievement
University of Southern California · 2003
UN Messenger of Peace
United Nations · 2002
Hubbard Medal
National Geographic Society · 1995