Being Jane Goodall

More than 60 years after she entered the wilds of Tanzania as an untrained observer, the 84-year-old primatologist-turned-conservation advocate is still making the world a better place

BY LEANNE DELAP

“More and more people are beginning to realize that we want to die knowing we’ve made a difference”—Jane Goodall OF THE MANY WAYS CHARISMA CAN MANIFEST, Jane Goodall’s power lies in her preternatural calm. In person, she is tiny, dwarfed by her wingback chair in front of a window at Toronto’s Chelsea Hotel on Gerrard. Hers is one of the most iconic faces of the past century and, at 84 years old, her skin appears lit from within, her now snow-white hair pulled back in that trademark ponytail. She speaks softly, in complete sentences, full thoughts, drawing you in. If it sounds as though I’m beguiled, it is because the primatologist-turned-conservation advocate is a scientist with the drawing power of a rock star booked on a perpetual world tour. She exhibits no…

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