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Also Known As Valerie Jane Morris-Goodall • Dame Jane Goodall
Born April 3, 1934 • London • England
Died October 1, 2025 (aged 91) • Los Angeles • California
Awards And Honors Presidential Medal of Freedom (2025) • Templeton Prize (2021)
Notable Works “In the Shadow of Man”
Subjects Of Study chimpanzee

Did You Know?

  • Jane Goodall has prosopagnosia, or face blindness.

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