Jeannette Hanby has taken on jobs ranging from working with abused and abandoned children in Los Angeles County to placer gold mining in the Sierra Nevada mountains. After completing her Ph.D. dissertation in Oregon on monkeys, she went to Cambridge in England for further study of primates, one of whom, David Bygott, became her husband in 1973.Together, they studied lion biology in Tanzania's Serengeti National Park and have since worked as conservation educators, university lecturers, safari guides, writers, and artists. Together, Jeannette and David have produced numerous guidebooks, educational booklets, activity books, and museum displays in both English and Swahili.They live in an intentional community in Tucson, Arizona, still learning about primate behavior, as well as continuing to travel and explore the world.
David Bygott began observing wildlife and drawing as a child exploring the countryside of southern England. At 21 he began two years as a member of Jane Goodall's research team in Tanzania's Gombe National Park. He was writing his Ph.D. thesis on wild chimpanzee behavior in 1972 when he met Jeannette, his partner in field research, conservation, and business ever since then. The couple studied lion biology in Tanzania's renowned Serengeti National Park and Ngorongoro Conservation Area. They have worked as conservation educators, university lecturers, safari guides, writers, and artists. Together, Jeannette and David have produced numerous guidebooks, educational booklets, activity books, and museum displays in both English and Swahili.They now live in an intentional community in Tucson, Arizona, still learning about primate behavior, as well as continuing to travel and explore the world.
