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Konrad Lorenz

Konrad Lorenz
Lorenz in 1978
Born7 November 1903
Died27 February 1989(1989-02-27) (aged 85)
NationalityAustrian
AwardsNobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (1973)
Scientific career
FieldsEthology

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.


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