# Jane Goodall on Reddit (u/janegoodall_official)

Part of Scientists on Reddit, researched with Autumn (https://www.autumn.ai) from public sources. Updated 2026-11-07. Interactive version: https://www.autumn.ai/resources/scientists-on-reddit/jane-goodall

Jane Goodall (1934–2025): Primatologist who studied chimpanzees at Gombe.

- Reddit account: [u/janegoodall_official](https://www.reddit.com/user/janegoodall_official/) (AMA only)
- How we know it's theirs: [The 2017 r/IAmA AMA, posted from this account](https://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/6zvwqe/)
- Where they post, in the records we retrieved: r/IAmA (23)
- Known activity in the posts we found: 2017 to 2017
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jane_Goodall

## Moments

### u/janegoodall_official in r/IAmA, Sep 13, 2017 · Normal redditor

Replying to a redditor:

> Hi Dr. Goodall, My four year old loves reading. She asks what is your favorite book?

> When I was growing up, what I read where the Doctor Dolittle books. I learned a great deal from those books. When I was ten years old I read "Tarzan." I was sad when he married the wrong Jane. It was those books that directed me to grow up, go to Africa.

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Full thread: https://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/6zvwqe/comment/dmyht0b/ · 802 points as of Nov 7, 2026