Jane Goodall-a Biography

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Goodall - | Jane Goodall | A Biography | | Gail GuthrieApril 24, 2013 | Personal History Jane Goodall was born on April 3, 1934 in London, England. She was raised in a close knit family and was greatly influenced by her mother, Vanne and grandmother, Danny. Her family instilled courage, honesty, compassion and a tolerance for other people. Jane’s father gave her a gift when she was one year old. It was a toy chimpanzee, named Jubilee, that she treasures to this day. A large number of pets, of all types, were a part of the family. A dog, named Rusty, was among her favorites. Among Jane’s adventures as a child, at the age of four, she once disappeared for five hours, with her family frantically searching for her. She spent those five hours in the family henhouse, waiting and watching for a hen to lay an egg. Instead of scolding Jane for scaring them, her mother encouraged her innate curiosity about the world around her(Goodall, Encyclopedia of World Biography, 2013). Jane spent many hours daydreaming of the time when she could travel as an adult and work with animals. After completing secondary school, a friend that she had not seen in five years, invited her to visit her family’s farm in Kenya. By this time, she had worked as a secretary and a film editor. She was living in London. With the invitation to visit Africa, Jane made the decision to return home to save money. She then took a waitressing job. When she finally had enough money saved, she booked passage to Africa. Her lifelong ambition was about to happen. After landing in Cape Town, Jane was struck by apartheid and mentally compared it to the atrocities of Nazi Germany. Personal Historycont. After a few weeks with her friend, Jane sought employment. Eventually she was hired as a secretary for Louis Leakey at the National museum.

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