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Dian Fossey was an American primatologist and conservationist, known for her studies on mountain gorillas in the forests of Rwanda. Her work contributed to the improved understanding of mountain gorillas and the strengthening of their declining numbers.

Fossey was born January 16, 1932, in San Francisco, California.

She was an animal lover from an early age and became a prize-winning equestrian. Fossey earned a bachelor’s degree in occupational therapy in 1954, though in 1963 she borrowed $8,000 and withdrew her life savings to embark on a seven-week trip to Africa.

Fossey met the paleoanthropologist Lewis Leakey while in Tanzania, he worked on human evolution and had supported eminent primate researchers to study great apes in the field. It was during this first trip to Africa that Fossey first encountered wild mountain gorillas, and she developed a dream to one day return to learn more about them.

After returning to the USA, Fossey learned that Leakey was in Louis