--- title: Jane Goodall slug: jane-goodall-6fdee url: /detay/jane-goodall-6fdee type: biography language: English entity: primary: Jane Goodall type: biography categories: - name: Biology slug: biyoloji url: /kategori/biyoloji - name: Ecology, Botany And Zoology slug: ekoloji-botanik-ve-zooloji url: /kategori/ekoloji-botanik-ve-zooloji tags: - Zoology - Biology author: Ayşe Neva Koç created_at: 2026-03-17T17:47:21.004296+03:00 updated_at: 2026-03-17T17:47:21.004319+03:00 image: https://cdn.t3pedia.org/media/uploads/2026/03/06/gUXQ1GT3Af254xwc2ikXcKWRPaTpGcnQ.jpeg --- # Jane Goodall > Jane Goodall (1934-2025) is a British ethologist and primatologist known for her field studies documenting chimpanzee tool use. ## KURE Information Cards ### KURE Information Card: Jane Goodall ![IMG_2631.png](https://cdn.t3pedia.org/media/uploads/2026/03/15/RT6BwZg7KapIexYJoNCoJY7q4hAzx7eL.png) *Jane Goodall (generated by artificial intelligence.)* | Field | Value | |-------|-------| | Babası | Mortimer Herbert Morris-Goodall | | Annesi | Margaret Myfanwe Jos | | Ölüm tarihi | 2025-10-01 | | Doğum tarihi | 1934-04-03 | | Çocuk | Hugo Eric Louis van Lawick | | Eş | Derek Bryceson (1975-1980),Hugo van Lawick (1964-1974) | ## Article Content **Jane Morris Goodall** (born Valerie Jane Morris-Goodall; 3 April 1934, London, United Kingdom – 1 October 2025, Los Angeles, United States) was a British ethologist and primatologist. She is renowned for her field study of chimpanzees in the [Gombe Stream National Park](/en/detay/gombe-chimpanzee-war-four-year-war-56847/llms.txt) in Tanzania, which she began in 1960 and continues to this day. Goodall pioneered the reevaluation of scientific definitions that had previously considered tool use and manufacture exclusive to humans, by documenting these abilities in [chimpanzees](/en/detay/sempanze-b769d/llms.txt).   ### **Youth and Education** Valerie Jane Morris-Goodall was born in London in 1934 to Mortimer Herbert Morris-Goodall and Margaret Myfanwe Joseph. From an early age, Goodall showed a keen interest in the natural world. In 1957 she traveled to Kenya where she met paleontologist Dr Louis Leakey. After serving as his assistant, she began fieldwork in Gombe in 1960 to study chimpanzee behavior. Despite lacking formal academic qualifications, she was admitted directly into the PhD program at the University of Cambridge in 1962 and earned her doctorate in 1965 with a thesis titled "Behaviour of Wild Chimpanzees".   ### **Career and Scientific Discoveries** #### **Gombe Field Studies** On 14 July 1960, Goodall arrived in Gombe and began observing chimpanzees in their natural habitat. Her methodology—assigning individual names to chimpanzees and conducting close, prolonged observation—was regarded as a groundbreaking approach in primatology.   #### **Tool Use and Social Structure** In 1960 she documented chimpanzees modifying slender twigs to fish for termites, using them as tools. This discovery prompted Louis Leakey to remark that "we must now redefine man, redefine tool, or accept chimpanzees as humans." She also recorded complex social behaviors among chimpanzees including cooperation, mourning, and organized aggression.   ### **Institutionalization and Activism** In 1977 she founded the **Jane Goodall Institute** to support research in Gombe and to advance conservation initiatives. In 1991 she launched the global **Roots & Shoots** program to engage young people in environmental protection and humanitarian efforts. In later years of her career, she became an international advocate on issues of habitat loss and environmental crises.   ### **Personal Life** [Jane Goodall](/en/detay/jane-austen-6e548/llms.txt) was married twice. She married wildlife photographer Baron Hugo van Lawick in 1964, with whom she had a son, Hugo Eric Louis (Grub). The couple divorced in 1974. She married Derek Bryceson in 1975; Bryceson died in 1980.   ### **Death and Legacy** Dr Jane Goodall died of natural causes in Los Angeles on 1 October 2025 at the age of 91. In recognition of her scientific contributions and activism, she was named a United Nations Messenger of Peace in 2002 and awarded the Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (DBE) in 2004. She has also received numerous international honors including the Kyoto Prize and the Benjamin Franklin Medal. ## Academic Sources and References 1. American Community Media. "Primatologist Jane Goodall’s Life, Science, and Impact on Conservation and Humanity." Accessed March 6, 2026. https://americancommunitymedia-org.translate.goog/environment/primatologist-jane-goodalls-life-science-and-impact/?\_x\_tr\_sl=en&\_x\_tr\_tl=tr&\_x\_tr\_hl=tr&\_x\_tr\_pto=sc 2. Jane Goodall Institute Global. "Remembering Dr. Jane: Scientist, Conservationist, Humanitarian." Accessed March 6, 2026. https://janegoodall-global.translate.goog/rememberingjane/?\_x\_tr\_sl=en&\_x\_tr\_tl=tr&\_x\_tr\_hl=tr&\_x\_tr\_pto=tc 3. Jane Goodall Institute. "The Story of Jane." Accessed March 6, 2026. https://janegoodall.org/our-story/about-jane/ 4. Natural History Museum of Utah. "The Life & Work of Dr. Jane Goodall." Accessed March 6, 2026. https://nhmu.utah.edu/articles/life-work-dr-jane-goodall