Jane Goodall
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Jane Goodall is a pioneering British primatologist and conservationist renowned for her groundbreaking long-term study of wild chimpanzees in Tanzania and her advocacy for animal welfare and environmental protection.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Jane Goodall canonical | 49 |
| Dame Jane Morris Goodall | 1 |
| Goodall | 1 |
| Valerie Jane Morris-Goodall | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
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Target entity: Jane Goodall Context triple: [National Medal of Science, hasRecipient, Jane Goodall]
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Edward O. Wilson
Edward O. Wilson was a pioneering American biologist and naturalist renowned for his work on biodiversity, sociobiology, and the study of ants.
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Charles Darwin
Charles Darwin was a 19th-century English naturalist whose theory of evolution by natural selection revolutionized biology and our understanding of life on Earth.
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C.
Maxine Singer
Maxine Singer is an American molecular biologist renowned for her pioneering work in genetics and for her leadership in shaping ethical guidelines for recombinant DNA research.
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D.
Sally Kornbluth
Sally Kornbluth is an American cell biologist and academic leader who became the 18th president of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
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E.
Norman Borlaug
Norman Borlaug was an American agronomist and humanitarian known as the “father of the Green Revolution” for developing high-yield, disease-resistant crops that helped dramatically reduce global hunger.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Jane Goodall Target entity description: Jane Goodall is a pioneering British primatologist and conservationist renowned for her groundbreaking long-term study of wild chimpanzees in Tanzania and her advocacy for animal welfare and environmental protection.
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A.
Edward O. Wilson
Edward O. Wilson was a pioneering American biologist and naturalist renowned for his work on biodiversity, sociobiology, and the study of ants.
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B.
Charles Darwin
Charles Darwin was a 19th-century English naturalist whose theory of evolution by natural selection revolutionized biology and our understanding of life on Earth.
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C.
Maxine Singer
Maxine Singer is an American molecular biologist renowned for her pioneering work in genetics and for her leadership in shaping ethical guidelines for recombinant DNA research.
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D.
Sally Kornbluth
Sally Kornbluth is an American cell biologist and academic leader who became the 18th president of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
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E.
Norman Borlaug
Norman Borlaug was an American agronomist and humanitarian known as the “father of the Green Revolution” for developing high-yield, disease-resistant crops that helped dramatically reduce global hunger.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (51)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
United Nations Messenger of Peace
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animal rights advocate ⓘ anthropologist ⓘ author ⓘ conservationist ⓘ environmentalist ⓘ ethologist ⓘ primatologist ⓘ public speaker ⓘ |
| academicDegree | PhD in Ethology ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
Franklin Medal
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surface form:
Benjamin Franklin Medal in Life Science
Hubbard Medal ⓘ Kyoto Prize in Basic Sciences ⓘ
surface form:
Kyoto Prize
Templeton Prize ⓘ UNESCO Gold Medal Award ⓘ |
| birthName |
Jane Goodall
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Valerie Jane Morris-Goodall
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| child |
Hugo van Lawick
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surface form:
Hugo Eric Louis van Lawick
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| countryOfCitizenship | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1934-04-03 ⓘ |
| doctoralAdvisor | Robert Hinde ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Cambridge University
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surface form:
University of Cambridge
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| employer | Gombe Stream Research Centre ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
anthropology
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conservation biology ⓘ ethology ⓘ primatology ⓘ |
| founded |
Jane Goodall Institute
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Roots & Shoots program ⓘ |
| fullName |
Jane Goodall
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Dame Jane Morris Goodall
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| honorificPrefix | Dame ⓘ |
| knownFor |
advocacy for animal welfare
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discovering chimpanzee tool use in the wild ⓘ documenting complex social and family life of chimpanzees ⓘ environmental activism ⓘ long-term study of wild chimpanzees at Gombe Stream National Park ⓘ |
| languageSpoken | English ⓘ |
| notableIdea | individual personalities in non-human animals ⓘ |
| notableWork |
In the Shadow of Man
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Reason for Hope: A Spiritual Journey ⓘ The Chimpanzees of Gombe: Patterns of Behavior ⓘ Through a Window: My Thirty Years with the Chimpanzees of Gombe ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
London, England
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surface form:
London, England, United Kingdom
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| positionHeld |
UN Messenger of Peace
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founder of the Jane Goodall Institute ⓘ |
| researchSubject |
chimpanzee behavior
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chimpanzee social structure ⓘ chimpanzee tool use ⓘ |
| residence | Bournemouth, England (childhood) ⓘ |
| spouse |
Derek Bryceson
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Hugo van Lawick ⓘ |
| workLocation |
Gombe Stream Research Centre
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surface form:
Gombe Stream National Park, Tanzania
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Subject: Jane Goodall Description of subject: Jane Goodall is a pioneering British primatologist and conservationist renowned for her groundbreaking long-term study of wild chimpanzees in Tanzania and her advocacy for animal welfare and environmental protection.
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