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Name: Dian Fossey
Birth Date: January 16, 1932
Death Date: 1985
Place of Birth: San Francisco, California, United States
Nationality: American
Gender: Female
Occupations: naturalist, scientist

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Biography of Dian Fossey
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Dian Fossey (1932-1985) was the world's leading authority on the mountain gorilla before her murder, probably at the hands of poachers, in December of 1985. Dian Fossey's short life was characterized in equal parts by tragedy, controversy, and...


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Dian Fossey Summary
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1932-1985 American Zoologist American zoologist Dian Fossey is best known for her field studies of mountain gorillas in the Virunga Mountains of Rwanda and Zaire, which served to dispel many myths about the violent and aggressive nature of gorillas....
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Fossey, Dian Summary
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Scientist Dian Fossey was well-known for her pioneering work with gorillas. American Primatologist 1932-1985 Dian Fossey, born in 1932, was a celebrated mountain gorilla researcher. Fossey initially...
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Fossey, Dian
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(born Jan. 16, 1932, San Francisco, Calif., U.S.—died Dec. 26, 1985, Rwanda) American zoologist who became the world's leading authority on the mountain gorilla. Fossey trained to become an occupational therapist at San Jose State College and...
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Dian Fossey Information
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Dian Fossey January 16, 1932 – December 26, 1985 was an American Zoologist who completed an extended study of eight gorilla groups. She observed them daily for years in the mountain forests of Rwanda, initially encouraged to work there by famous...
 


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A wild woman.(Time Trip)(zoologist Dian Fossey)
10/14/2005: 359 words, approx. 1 pages
Perhaps the person most responsible for alerting the world to the plight of Africa's gorillas was Dian Fossey (1932-1985). Fossey was a U.S. zoologist who traveled to the Virunoa Volcanoes in Rwanda in 1966 to study mountain gorillas. She stayed for nearly 19...
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Current Events, a Weekly Reader publication
Time trip.(Dian Fossey at Karisoke and Louis S.B. Leakey)(Biography)
02/21/2003: 581 words, approx. 2 pages
* Perhaps the person most responsible for alerting the world to the plight of Africa's gorillas was Dian Fossey (1932-1985). Fossey was a U.S. zoologist who was inspired by the work of Dr. Louis Leakey in Africa. In 1966, she went to the...
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Top Ten Extreme Vacations
5/4/2007: 1,299 words, approx. 4 pages
1. Drag Racing If your adrenaline pumps just watching The Fast and the Furious, your heart will feel like it's about to come out of your chest when you experience the real thing. Street racing is illegal, but law-abiding drag-racing schools abound. Doug Foley's Drag...
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Gorilla sanctuary is Congo war front
1/12/2008: 1,457 words, approx. 5 pages
Not far from a hillside where several mountain gorillas shot dead last summer lie buried, park ranger Innocent Mburanumwe peers across a primordial canopy of treetops into what may be the most dangerous game reserve on earth.The lush sanctuary — home to some of the...
 


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