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Konrad Lorenz
1903 – 1989
About this person
Wikipedia SummaryKonrad Zacharias Lorenz was an Austrian zoologist, ethologist, and ornithologist. He shared the 1973 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine with Nikolaas Tinbergen and Karl von Frisch. He is often regarded as one of the founders of modern ethology, the study of animal behavior. He developed an approach that began with an earlier generation, including his teacher Oskar Heinroth.
Biographical & Professional Details
Date of birth
November 7, 1903
Vienna
Date of death
February 27, 1989
Vienna
Citizenship
Austria
Occupations & fields
ethologistzoologistuniversity teacherwriterphysicianphilosopher
Awards & honours
Nobel Prize in Physiology or MedicinePrix mondial Cino Del DucaGreat Cross with Star and Sash of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of GermanyPour le Mérite for Sciences and Arts orderKalinga Prizehonorary doctorate of Salzburg University
Notable works
On AggressionCivilized Man's Eight Deadly SinsBehind the Mirror: A Search for a Natural History of Human Knowledge
- Field and occupation
- etológ z Rakúsko
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