Biruté Galdikas AKA Biruté Mary Galdikas Born: 10-May-1946 Birthplace: Weisbaden, Germany
Gender: Female Race or Ethnicity: White Sexual orientation: Straight Occupation: Anthropologist Nationality: Canada Executive summary: The Mother of All Orangutans The world's foremost authority on orangutans, physical anthropolgist Biruté Galdikas was first recruited to the work by Louis Leakey. She has since been a tireless force for the study and preservation of this endangered great ape species. Sometimes called one of "Leakey's Angels", Galdikas is deemed, as a primatologist, to be of equal significance to Jane Goodall and the late Dian Fossey. Husband: Rod Brindamour (photographer, div., one son) Husband: Pak Bohap Son: Binty
University: BS Psychology & Zoology, University of California at Los Angeles (1966) University: MA Anthropology, University of California at Los Angeles (1969) Professor: Professor Extraordinaire, Universitas Nasional, Jakarta, Indonesia Professor: Simon Fraser University, British Columbia, Canada
Author of books:
Reflections of Eden: My Years with the Orangutans of Borneo (1995, anthropology) Orangutan Odyssey (1999, anthropology)
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