<P> Dian Fossey ( / daɪˈæn ˈfɒsi / ; January 16 , 1932 -- c . December 26 , 1985 ) was an American primatologist and conservationist known for undertaking an extensive study of mountain gorilla groups from 1966 until her death in 1985 . She studied them daily in the mountain forests of Rwanda , initially encouraged to work there by paleontologist Louis Leakey . Her 1983 book , Gorillas in the Mist , combines her scientific study of the gorillas at Karisoke Research Center with her own personal story . It was adapted into a 1988 film of the same name . </P>
<P> Dian Fossey ( / daɪˈæn ˈfɒsi / ; January 16 , 1932 -- c . December 26 , 1985 ) was an American primatologist and conservationist known for undertaking an extensive study of mountain gorilla groups from 1966 until her death in 1985 . She studied them daily in the mountain forests of Rwanda , initially encouraged to work there by paleontologist Louis Leakey . Her 1983 book , Gorillas in the Mist , combines her scientific study of the gorillas at Karisoke Research Center with her own personal story . It was adapted into a 1988 film of the same name . </P>
who was the woman who lived with the gorillas
who was the woman who lived with the gorillas
Dian Fossey
Dian Fossey