Jane Goodall - in pictures


  • Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed, who was Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi at the time, thanks Dr Jane Goodall after her lecture at Al Bateen Palace. Ryan Carter / Crown Prince Court
    Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed, who was Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi at the time, thanks Dr Jane Goodall after her lecture at Al Bateen Palace. Ryan Carter / Crown Prince Court
  • Jane Goodall in December 1965 on location in Gombe Stream National Park, Tanzania. Getty Images
    Jane Goodall in December 1965 on location in Gombe Stream National Park, Tanzania. Getty Images
  • Jane Goodall receives an environmental award from the Sheik Zayed Private Academy in Abu Dhabi. Victor Besa / The National
    Jane Goodall receives an environmental award from the Sheik Zayed Private Academy in Abu Dhabi. Victor Besa / The National
  • British primatologist Jane Goodall with a baby Cariblanco monkey during her visit to a primate rescue centre in Chile in 2013. AFP
    British primatologist Jane Goodall with a baby Cariblanco monkey during her visit to a primate rescue centre in Chile in 2013. AFP
  • Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex, and Dr Goodall at a Roots & Shoots Global Leadership meeting at Windsor Castle in July 2019. Getty Images
    Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex, and Dr Goodall at a Roots & Shoots Global Leadership meeting at Windsor Castle in July 2019. Getty Images
  • Goodall with children during a visit to the chimp rescue centre in June 2018 in Entebbe, Uganda. AFP
    Goodall with children during a visit to the chimp rescue centre in June 2018 in Entebbe, Uganda. AFP
  • Goodall with one of her research subjects in the Gombe National Park in northern Tanzania. Getty Images
    Goodall with one of her research subjects in the Gombe National Park in northern Tanzania. Getty Images
  • Conservationist Jane Goodall during an interview with host Jimmy Fallon on The Tonight Show, September 14, 2017. Getty Images
    Conservationist Jane Goodall during an interview with host Jimmy Fallon on The Tonight Show, September 14, 2017. Getty Images
  • Goodall in the garden of Groningen University at the Sharing the Planet conference in June 2002 in Groningen, Netherlands. Getty Images
    Goodall in the garden of Groningen University at the Sharing the Planet conference in June 2002 in Groningen, Netherlands. Getty Images
  • Queen Elizabeth II and Dr Goodall DBE after the annual Commonwealth Day Observance Service in March 2012 in London. Getty Images
    Queen Elizabeth II and Dr Goodall DBE after the annual Commonwealth Day Observance Service in March 2012 in London. Getty Images
  • Goodall with the Bambi award 'Our Earth' at the Bambi 2010 Award Winners Board in November 2010 in Potsdam, Germany. Getty Images
    Goodall with the Bambi award 'Our Earth' at the Bambi 2010 Award Winners Board in November 2010 in Potsdam, Germany. Getty Images
  • UN peace messenger Goodall waits for a meeting with a gorilla family at the Zoo Park and Botanic Garden in Budapest, Hungary, in 2008. AFP
    UN peace messenger Goodall waits for a meeting with a gorilla family at the Zoo Park and Botanic Garden in Budapest, Hungary, in 2008. AFP
  • Goodall during an interview with host Johnny Carson on The Tonight Show, January 3, 1984. Getty Images
    Goodall during an interview with host Johnny Carson on The Tonight Show, January 3, 1984. Getty Images
  • Goodall during a visit to Taronga Zoo in Sydney, Australia, in 2006 to raise awareness of the plight of wild Chimpanzees. Getty Images
    Goodall during a visit to Taronga Zoo in Sydney, Australia, in 2006 to raise awareness of the plight of wild Chimpanzees. Getty Images
  • Leonardo DiCaprio and Goodall at the Leonardo DiCaprio Foundation Gala at Jackson Park Ranch in Santa Rosa, California, September 2018. AFP
    Leonardo DiCaprio and Goodall at the Leonardo DiCaprio Foundation Gala at Jackson Park Ranch in Santa Rosa, California, September 2018. AFP
  • Goodall with Pola, a young chimpanzee, in Budapest Zoo in December 2004, more than 40 years after she began her pioneering study of the primates. AFP
    Goodall with Pola, a young chimpanzee, in Budapest Zoo in December 2004, more than 40 years after she began her pioneering study of the primates. AFP
  • Jane Goodall married wildlife photographer Hugo Arndt Rodolf, Baron van Lawick, in London on March 28, 1964. Getty Images
    Jane Goodall married wildlife photographer Hugo Arndt Rodolf, Baron van Lawick, in London on March 28, 1964. Getty Images
  • Goodall in the television special Miss Goodall and the World of Chimpanzees originally broadcast on CBS, in December 1965. Getty Images
    Goodall in the television special Miss Goodall and the World of Chimpanzees originally broadcast on CBS, in December 1965. Getty Images
  • Goodall during an interview with Jay Leno on May 1, 1990. Getty Images
    Goodall during an interview with Jay Leno on May 1, 1990. Getty Images
  • Goodall posing with the new Jane Goodall Barbie doll in Los Angeles. Reuters
    Goodall posing with the new Jane Goodall Barbie doll in Los Angeles. Reuters
  • Sigourney Weaver in a scene from the 1988 film Gorillas in the Mist. Photo: Warner Brothers
    Sigourney Weaver in a scene from the 1988 film Gorillas in the Mist. Photo: Warner Brothers
  • Schoolchildren from across the UAE lined up to get an autograph from Goodall, who in 2016 visited Abu Dhabi to celebrate 25 years of her Roots & Shoots programme. Delores Johnson / The National
    Schoolchildren from across the UAE lined up to get an autograph from Goodall, who in 2016 visited Abu Dhabi to celebrate 25 years of her Roots & Shoots programme. Delores Johnson / The National
  • UN Secretary General Ban Ki Moon and Goodall at the United Nations Climate Change Conference and Cop17 conference in Durban on December 7, 2011. AFP
    UN Secretary General Ban Ki Moon and Goodall at the United Nations Climate Change Conference and Cop17 conference in Durban on December 7, 2011. AFP
  • When Goodall mentioned population sizes, the underlying assumption was that different sections of the world’s population are similarly responsible for the climate crisis. Photo: Emirates Literature Foundation
    When Goodall mentioned population sizes, the underlying assumption was that different sections of the world’s population are similarly responsible for the climate crisis. Photo: Emirates Literature Foundation
  • Anthropologist Jane Goodall with husband Hugo van Lawick in 1974. AP
    Anthropologist Jane Goodall with husband Hugo van Lawick in 1974. AP
  • Goodall during the 50th annual meeting of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. EPA
    Goodall during the 50th annual meeting of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. EPA
  • Goodall made numerous scientific breakthroughs in the field of animal behaviour. Photo: National Geographic
    Goodall made numerous scientific breakthroughs in the field of animal behaviour. Photo: National Geographic
  • Jane Goodall at the Jane Goodall Institute in Silver Spring, Maryland, in February 2003. Getty Images
    Jane Goodall at the Jane Goodall Institute in Silver Spring, Maryland, in February 2003. Getty Images