Konrad Lorenz | |
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Born | 7 November 1903 |
Died | 27 February 1989 | (aged 85)
Nationality | Austrian |
Awards | Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (1973) |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Ethology |
Konrad Zacharias Lorenz (Vienna, 7 November 1903 – Vienna, 27 February 1989) was an Austrian zoologist, naturalist, ornithologist and Nobel Prize winner. He is one of the founders of studies on animal behaviour (ethology). Lorenz studied instinctive behavior in animals, especially in Greylag geese and jackdaws.