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Dian Fossey - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Dian Fossey (January 16, 1932– December 26, 1985, Virunga Mountains, Rwanda) was an American zoologist who undertook an extensive study of gorilla groups over a period of 18 years. She observed them ...
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Dian Fossey was born in San Francisco California in 1932 to George and Kitty Fossey. Her parents separated when Dian was a young girl, due to her father's heavy drinking problem and trouble with the law. Dian grew up living with her mother who, a year after the divorce, married Richard Price.
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A Biography of the Anthropologist Dian Fossey ... Dian Fossey was born in San Francisco, California in 1932. She was interested in animals her entire life, which led her to go to San Jose State University as a pre-veterinary student. She soon switched her major to Occupational Therapy and got her degree as an...
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Dian Fossey biography: a profile of Dian Fossey, primatologist and pioneer woman scientist who studied mountain gorillas in their natural habitat, and worked to preserve both gorillas and habitat. ... Dian Fossey on the Web...
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(1932-1985) photos courtesy Dian Fossey Gorilla Fund International Dian Fossey met famed primatologist Louis Leakey on a trip to Africa in 1963 and decided to study the Mountain Gorillas in the Virungas.
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With his limited knowledge of Swahili, he does not at first understand what they are saying, until a repeated phrase registers. "Dian kufa! Dian kufa! Dian is dead!"; Running over to Dian Fossey's cabin, he finds her lifeless body sprawled next to the bed;
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