Dame Jane Morris Goodall, DBE (born Valerie Jane Morris-Goodall on 3 April 1934),[1] is a British primatologist, ethologist, anthropologist, and UN Messenger of Peace. Considered to be the world's foremost expert on chimpanzees, Goodall is best known for her 45-year study of social and family interactions of wild chimpanzees in Gombe Stream National Park, Tanzania.[2] She is the founder of the Jane Goodall Institute and has worked extensively on conservation and animal welfare issues.