<P> Dian Fossey ( / daɪˈæn / ; 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 paleoanthropologist 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 / ; 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 paleoanthropologist 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 is known for decades of research on gorillas in the mountain forests of africa
who is known for decades of research on gorillas in the mountain forests of africa
Dian Fossey
Dian Fossey