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Jane Goodall born 1934
Jane Goodall, the foremost expert on chimpanzees, first conducted research on the animals in 1960. It was then that the famed anthropologist and paleontologist Louis Leakey sent her into the field, where she assigned personal descriptions to the chimpanzees, thereby establishing a new methodology for studying primates. Because Goodall had not had training as a scientist prior to that experience, she has said that she felt more open to seeing commonalities between animals and humans. She went on to study animal behavior and earned a doctorate in ethology at the University of Cambridge.
In 1977, Goodall established the Jane Goodall Institute to protect chimpanzees and their habitats. Of her work, Goodall has stated, "the most important spin-off of the chimp research is probably the humbling effect it has on us: we are not, after all, the only aware, reasoning beings on this planet." This is the latest portrait commissioned by the Cummings.
Robert McCurdy (born 1952)
Oil on canvas, 2020
The Cumming Collection |