| 1934 |
Born on April 3, in
London, England. |
| 1938 |
Hid in a henhouse for four hours to watch how a
hen lays eggs. Instead of scolding Jane for disappearing, her mother
listens to Jane tell her what she has seen.
Reads about wild animals throughout childhood, and dreams of living
like Tarzan and writing about the animals with which she lives. |
| 1944 |
Dreams of going to Africa to live
with the animals.
Attends secretary school |
| 1957 |
Is invited by a friend to Kenya. While in Kenya meets
Dr. Louis Leaky, the famed anthropologist and paleontology. |
| 1957 |
Hired as Dr. Leakey's assistant and
travels with him to the Olduvai Gorge on a fossil-hunting
expedition. |
| 1960 |
Because the British authorities resist the idea of
a young woman living among wild animals in Africa, Jane's mother volunteers
to accompany Jane for the first three months. |
| 1960 |
Studies chimpanzees on the Tanzania shore in order
to gain insight to the evolutionary past of humans. |
| 1960 |
After months of trying to get close to chimpanzees,
she finally observes them using and making tools
to fish for termites. |
| 1965 |
Earns an honorary degree from Cambridge
University -- one of the few given to a person who
had not completed four years of college. |
| 1965 |
Establishes the Gombe Stream Research Centre. |
| 1977 |
Establishes the Jane Goodall Institute
to preserve the chimpanzees' habitat. |
