Goodall, Jane

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GOODALL, Jane

GOODALL, Jane. British, b. 1934. Genres: Animals/Pets, Children's nonfiction, Zoology, Autobiography/Memoirs, Biology, Young adult non-fiction. Career: Researcher in Animal Behavior and Scientific Director, Gombe Stream Research Centre, Tanzania, 1960-. Hon. Visiting Professor, University of Dar Es Saalam, Tanzania, 1972-90. Visiting Professor of Psychiatry and Human Biology, Stanford, University, California, 1970-75. Publications: ADULT NON-FICTION: My Friends, the Wild Chimpanzees, 1967; The Behavior of Free-Living Chimpanzees in the Gombe Stream Reserve, 1968; (co-author) Innocent Killers, 1970; In the Shadow of Man, 1971; (co-author) Grub: The Bush Baby, 1972; The Chimpanzees of Gombe, 1986; Through a Window: My Thirty Years with the Chimpanzees of Gombe, 1990; (co-author) Visions of Caliban, 1994; With Love, 1994; Dr. White, 1999; Brutal Kinship, 1999; A Reason for Hope, 2000; Africa in My Blood: An Autobiography in Letters, 2000; Beyond Innocence: An Autobiography in Letters: The Later Years, 2001. JUVENILE NON-FICTION: My Life with the Chimpanzees, 1988; The Chimpanzee Family Book, 1989; Chimps, 1989; Pandas, 1989; Lions, 1989; Hippos, 1989; Elephants, 1990; Gorillas, 1990; Sea Otters, 1990; Tigers, 1990; (reteller) The Eagle and the Wren, 2000; The Chimpanzees I Love, 2001. Address: The Jane Goodall Institute, PO Box 14890, Silver Spring, MD 20911-4890, U.S.A. Online address: www.janegoodall.org

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