Dian Fossey
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| Death | 39 years ago |
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| Date of birth | January 16,1932 |
| Zodiac sign | Capricorn |
| Born | San Francisco |
| California | |
| United States | |
| Date of died | December 26,1985 |
| Died | Volcanoes National Park |
| Rwanda | |
| Volcanoes National Park | |
| December 1985 | |
| Volcanoes National Park | |
| Known for | conservation |
| Study and conservation of the mountain gorilla | |
| Buried | Gorilla Cemetery at Karisoke Research Station |
| Job | Anthropologist |
| Researcher | |
| Zoologist | |
| Rest place | Karisoke Research Center |
| Parents | Klaydon Carl Andy Anderson |
| Kathryn "Kitty" Fossey | |
| George E. Fossey III | |
| Books | Gorillas in the Mist |
| Influence | Jane Goodall |
| Louis Leakey | |
| George Schaller | |
| Education | Darwin College |
| Field | Primatology |
| Assassinated | Volcanoes National Park |
| Movies/Shows | Fossey's War |
| Gorilla | |
| Date of Reg. | |
| Date of Upd. | |
| ID | 420132 |
Dian Fossey Life story
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.
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