Fossey

[fos-ee]

noun

1. Dian 1932–85, U.S. zoologist: expert on great apes.

Fossey

1. American zoologist who conducted extensive studies of mountain gorillas in Rwanda, Africa. Her research brought about a new understanding of the gorilla's behavior and habitat and supported conservation efforts in Africa.

Example Sentences

It was Leakey’s insight that younger women who had not been indoctrinated in the male-dominated norms of anthropology would make the best possible observers, and Goodall became one of the great trinity of primatology research, along with Biruté Galdikas, who studied orangutans and is now a professor in Canada, and Dian Fossey, who studied mountain gorillas in Rwanda until she was murdered by poachers in 1985.

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“During the last third of the 20th century, Dian Fossey, Biruté Galdikas, Cheryl Knott, Penny Patterson and many more women have followed her. Indeed, women now dominate long-term primate behavioral studies worldwide.”

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Tenacious and keenly observant, Goodall paved the way for other women in primatology, including the late gorilla researcher Dian Fossey and orangutan expert Birutė Galdikas.

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Working in partnership with the Dian Fossey Gorilla Fund, at a field site that has been monitored since 1967, Ms Martignac and her colleagues were able to track those movements.

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Two players, defender Marlon Fossey and goalkeeper Diego Kochen, will be looking to make their senior national team debuts.

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