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Nikolaas Tinbergen

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Nikolaas Tinbergen was a Dutch biologist and ornithologist who shared the 1973 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine with Karl von Frisch and Konrad Lorenz for their discoveries concerning the organization and elicitation of individual and social behavior patterns in animals. He is regarded as one of the founders of ethology, the study of animal behaviour.

Facts
Birth Year
1907 1
Birth DateSourced to the subject's own account
1907-04-15 2
Death DateSourced to the subject's own account
1988-12-21 2
Death Year
1988 1
Death Place
Oxford, United Kingdom 1
Nationality
Kingdom of the Netherlands 1
Nationality
United Kingdom 1
Birthplace
The Hague, Netherlands 1
Field
Field (category)
Biology 1
Connections

Associated With

Karl von Frisch, Scientists

Shared the 1973 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine; Tinbergen's own lead states only the shared prize, the same nature as the Lorenz-Tinbergen and Lorenz-von Frisch edges above, no evidence of a direct joint project between Tinbergen and von Frisch alone.

Additional Source Nikolaas Tinbergen (Wikipedia)Lead section, Nikolaas Tinbergen
Konrad Lorenz, Scientists

Shared the 1973 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for work on animal behavior patterns; Lorenz's own lead states only the shared prize, no separate joint project named.

Additional Source Konrad Lorenz (Wikipedia)Lead section, Konrad Lorenz

Member Of

Source Nikolaas Tinbergen (Wikipedia)

Works In

Biology, Disciplines
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Nationality

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Source Nikolaas Tinbergen (Wikidata)
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1. Nikolaas Tinbergen (Wikidata)
  • P570 (date of death): year
    +1988-12-21T00:00:00Z
  • P27 (country of citizenship): Kingdom of the Netherlands
    Q29999
  • P20 (place of death): Oxford, United Kingdom
    Q34217
  • P27 (country of citizenship): United Kingdom
    Q145
  • P19 (place of birth): The Hague, Netherlands
    Q36600
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2. Nikolaas Tinbergen (Wikipedia)
Wikipedia
  • Lead section (MediaWiki plaintext extract)
    was a Dutch biologist and ornithologist who shared the 1973 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine with Karl von Frisch and Konrad Lorenz for their discoveries concerning the organization and elicitation of individual and social behavior patterns in animals. He is regarded as one of the founders of ethology, the study of animal behaviour, and an important figure in the development of that discipline into its contemporary form, behavioral ecology.
  • Infobox, Born
    15 April 1907
  • Infobox, Died
    21 December 1988
  • Associated With: Karl von Frisch, Lead section, Nikolaas Tinbergen
    was a Dutch biologist and ornithologist who shared the 1973 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine with Karl von Frisch and Konrad Lorenz for their discoveries concerning the organization and elicitation of individual and social behavior patterns in animals.
  • Works In: Biology, Lead sentence
    Nikolaas "Niko" Tinbergen ( , ; 15 April 1907-21 December 1988) was a Dutch biologist and ornithologist who shared the 1973 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine with Karl von Frisch and Konrad Lorenz for their discoveries concerning the organization and elicitation of individual and social
  • Works In: Ornithology, Lead sentence
    Nikolaas "Niko" Tinbergen ( , ; 15 April 1907-21 December 1988) was a Dutch biologist and ornithologist who shared the 1973 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine with Karl von Frisch and Konrad Lorenz for their discoveries concerning the organization and elicitation of individual and social
  • Member Of: Royal Society, Article text
    He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society (FRS) in 1962. He was elected to the Am
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Konrad Lorenz (Wikipedia)
WikipediaAssociated With: Konrad Lorenz, Lead section, Konrad Lorenz
Quote, Associated With: Konrad Lorenz, Lead section, Konrad Lorenz
He shared the 1973 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine with Nikolaas Tinbergen and Karl von Frisch.
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