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Dian Fossey: Quick Facts

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Facts

Born January 16, 1932 • San Francisco • California
Died December 26, 1985 (aged 53) • Rwanda
Notable Works “Gorillas in the Mist”
Subjects Of Study mountain gorilla • western gorilla

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Dian Fossey
Dian Fossey
Dian Fossey
The Trimates, or Leakey's Angels
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At home with the elephants
Iain Douglas-Hamilton
English zoologist
Flannery, Tim
Tim Flannery
Australian zoologist
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Jack Miner
Canadian naturalist
Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.
Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.
American politician and environmental lawyer
Louis Agassiz
Louis Agassiz
Swiss-born American naturalist, geologist, and teacher
E.O. Wilson
E.O. Wilson
American biologist
Thomas Hunt Morgan
Thomas Hunt Morgan
American biologist
Roger Arliner Young
Roger Arliner Young
American zoologist and social activist
Lady Bird Johnson
Lady Bird Johnson
American first lady
James D. Dana
James D. Dana
American geologist and mineralogist
Al Gore speaks at a podium with two microphones, gesturing with his right hand, in front of a blue backdrop with a partial white emblem.
Al Gore
vice president of United States
John Muir
John Muir
Scottish-born American naturalist
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George B. Schaller
American environmental conservationist and author
Eugenie Clark
Eugenie Clark
American ichthyologist
Charles Henry Turner.
Charles Henry Turner
American scientist
John James Audubon
John James Audubon
ornithologist, artist, and naturalist
Murie, Margaret
Margaret Murie
American naturalist, conservationist, and writer
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Emma Lucy Braun
American botanist and ecologist
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Warder Clyde Allee
American zoologist
Temple Grandin wearing a black shirt with colorful floral embroidery and a white necktie, standing in front of a patterned HBO backdrop.
Temple Grandin
American scientist and industrial designer

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