What is Dian Fossey?
{{Infobox scientist | image = | birth_date = {{birth date |1932|01|16}} | birth_place = [[San Francisco]], [[California]], U.S. | death_date = {{Death date and age|1985|12|26|1932|01|16}} | death_place = Volcanoes National Park, [[Rwanda]] | death_cause = [[Assassination]] by stabbing | resting_place = [[Karisoke Research Center]] | fields = {{ublist|[[Ethology]]|[[Primatology]]}} | workplaces = {{ublist|[[Karisoke Research Center]]|[[Cornell University]]}} | patrons = | education = | alma_mater = {{ublist|[[College of Marin]]|[[San Jose State University]] <small>([[Bachelor of Arts|BA]])</small>| [[University of Cambridge]] <small>([[Doctor of Philosophy|PhD]])</small>}} | thesis_title = The behaviour of the mountain gorilla | thesis_url = http://ulmss-newton.lib.cam.ac.uk/vwebv/holdingsInfo?bibId=8399 | thesis_year = 1976 | doctoral_advisor = [[Robert Hinde]] | academic_advisors = | doctoral_students = | notable_students = | known_for = Study and conservation of the [[mountain gorilla]] | influences = {{ublist|[[Jane Goodall]]|[[Louis Leakey]]|[[George Schaller]]}} | influenced = | awards = | author_abbrev_bot = | author_abbrev_zoo = | spouse = <!--(or | spouses = )--> | partner = <!--(or | partners = )--> | children = }} '''Dian Fossey''' (January 16, 1932 – December 26, 1985) was an [[Americans|American]] [[zoologist]]. She is best known for studying [[Gorilla|gorillas]] in [[Rwanda]]. Fossey was inspired by a book called ''The Mountain Gorilla'' by George Schaller. Fossey studied mountain gorillas in Rwanda because of the book. When people want to get close to gorillas and get to know them they have to gain the gorillas trust. Fossey changed her lifestyle to match the gorillas’. She wanted to protect the gorillas from hunters. Hunters were [[trespassing|going into places where to one was allowed to hunt]]. She also wanted to