Konrad Lorenz

Konrad Lorenz, Nobel Laureate

Born: 1903-11-07 in Vienna, Austria

Gender: male

Field: Austrian zoologist (1903–1989)

Biography

Konrad 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.

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Nobel Prize Details

The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1973

Awarded on: 1973-10-11

"for their discoveries concerning organization and elicitation of individual and social behaviour patterns"

Affiliations:

  • Konrad-Lorenz-Institut der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissen­schaften, Forschungsstelle für Ethologie – Altenberg; Grünau im Almtal, Austria
  • Max-Planck-Institut für Verhaltensphysiologie – Seewiesen, Germany
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