Biruté Galdikas
Birutė Galdikas | |
|---|---|
 Galdikas in 2011 | |
| Born | Birutė Marija Filomena Galdikas 10 May 1946 Wiesbaden, Greater Hesse, Germany |
| Died | 24 March 2026 (aged 79) Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
| Education | University of California, Los Angeles (BA, MA, PhD) |
| Known for | Study of orangutans, conservation |
| Children | 3 |
| Awards | Tyler Prize for Environmental Achievement (1997) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Primatology, anthropology, ethology |
| Institutions | Simon Fraser University |
| Thesis | Orangutan Adaptation at Tanjung Puting Reserve, Central Borneo (1978) |
Birutė Marija Filomena Galdikas or Birutė Mary Galdikas, OC (10 May 1946 – 24 March 2026) was a Lithuanian-Canadian[1] anthropologist, primatologist, conservationist, ethologist and author. She was a professor at Simon Fraser University. Galdikas was known for her works about orangutans.[2] Before her works on orangutans, scientists knew little about the species.[3]
Galdikas died in Los Angeles, California on 24 March 2026 at the age of 79.[4]
References
- ↑ "Dr. Birutė Mary Galdikas – Dr. Galdikas Biography". Orangutan Foundation International. Retrieved 9 April 2018.
- ↑ Galdikas-Brindamour, Birutė (October 1975). "Orangutans, Indonesia's "People of the Forest"". National Geographic Magazine. Vol. 148, no. 4. pp. 444–473.
- ↑ de Waal, Frans (January 1995). "The Loneliest of Apes". The New York Times.
- ↑ VDU bendruomenė liūdi dėl profesorės Birutės Galdikas netekties (in Lithuanian)