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Dian Fossey
AuthorBooks · Second hand1932-1985
Dian Fossey was an American primatologist and conservationist known for undertaking an extensive study of mountain gorilla groups from 1966 until her murder in 1985. She studied them daily in the mountain forests of Rwanda, initially encouraged to work there by paleoanthropologist Louis Leakey. Gorillas in the Mist, a book published two years before her death, is Fossey's account of her scientific study of the gorillas at the Karisoke Research Center and prior career. It was adapted into a 1988 film of the same name.
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Birth
1932
Death
1985
Dian Fossey was an American primatologist and conservationist known for undertaking an extensive study of mountain gorilla groups from 1966 until her murder in 1985. She studied them daily in the mountain forests of Rwanda, initially encouraged to work there by paleoanthropologist Louis Leakey. Gorillas in the Mist, a book published two years before her death, is Fossey's account of her scientific study of the gorillas at the Karisoke Research Center and prior career. It was adapted into a 1988 film of the same name.
Dian Fossey dedicated her life to the study and protection of mountain gorillas in their natural habitat.
Her most iconic work, Gorillas in the Mist, is a fundamental testimony on the ethology of these primates.
Born in San Francisco, this American scientist stood out as a key figure in zoology and ecology.
Throughout her career, Fossey wrote nine works focusing on the behavior and habits of mammals.
Her tireless academic and field work transformed our understanding of the social life of gorillas.
