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Primatologist Biographies

Many primatologists include biographical information on their home pages which may be found by searching the International Directory of Primatology.

• A Brief Biography of Dian Fossey  
• A Tribute To Dian Fossey  (in German)
• Anne Zeller  
• Clarence Ray Carpenter  
• Claud Bramblett  
• Clifford Jolly  (Mankato E-Museum's Anthropology Biographies; Minnesota State University)
• Derek Denny-Brown Biography  
• Derek Ernst Denny-Brown  
• Dian Fossey  (Mankato E-Museum's Anthropology Biographies; Minnesota State University)
• Dian Fossey and the Gorillas of the Virunga Volcanoes  
• Dorothy Cheney  
• From Orphan to King: Pioneering Primatologist  (Biruté Galdikas)
• Frontiers Profile: Jane Goodall  
• Frontiers Profile: Jane Goodall  (PBS, Scientific American Frontiers)
• George B. Schaller  (Mankato E-Museum's Anthropology Biographies; Minnesota State University)
• Gerald Durrell  
• Harry F. Harlow  
• Harry Harlow  (PBS)
• I Was Wondering...Amy Vedder  
• Irven DeVore  (Minnesota State University - Mankato E-Museum's Anthropology Biographies)
• Jane Goodall  (Mankato E-Museum's Anthropology Biographies; Minnesota State University)
• Jane Goodall  (Brilliant Careers: If She Could Talk to the Animals; Salon)
• Jane Goodall's Story  (PBS)
• Jane Goodall: The Great Conservationist  
• Karl Ammann  
• Kenneth E. Glander  
• Louis Leakey  (Mankato E-Museum's Anthropology Biographies; Minnesota State University)
• Mary Leakey  (obituary; London Times)
• Mary Leakey  (Mankato E-Museum's Anthropology Biographies; Minnesota State University)
• Philip Hershkovitz  
• Profile of Frans B. M. de Waal  (PNAS, August 1, 2005)
• Robert Goy  
• Robert Seyfarth  
• Sherwood Washburn  (Mankato E-Museum's Anthropology Biographies; Minnesota State University)
• Sherwood Washburn  (obituary; New York Times)
• Shirley Strum  (Mankato E-Museum's Anthropology Biographies; Minnesota State University)

Primate Biographies

• A Memorial to Michael  (The Gorilla Foundation)
• Famous Monkeys Through History  
• Green Enos and Ham  
• Ham the Chimp  
• Koko  
• Monkeys and Other Animals in Space  (Space Today Online)
• MR-2: Ham Paves The Way  
• Nim Chimpsky  
• Roadside America: Ham the Astrochimp  
• Washoe the Chimp