When was Karl von Frisch born?

Karl von Frisch was born on 20 November 1886 in Vienna.

Where did Karl von Frisch study?

Karl von Frisch was educated at University of Vienna, LMU Munich.

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Karl von Frisch

German-Austrian ethologist (1886-1982)

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Karl Ritter von Frisch (20 November 1886 – 12 June 1982) was a German-Austrian ethologist who received the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1973, along with Nikolaas Tinbergen and Konrad Lorenz.

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Born: 20 November 1886 wd
Place of birth: Vienna wd
Died: 12 June 1982 wd
Place of death: Munich wd
Citizenship: Austria wd
Occupation: beekeeper, ethologist, university teacher, entomologist, zoologist, biologist wd
Education: University of Vienna, LMU Munich wd

Awards wd

Pour le Mérite for Sciences and Arts order (1952)
Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (1973)
Bavarian Order of Merit
Ring of Honour of the City of Vienna
Great Cross with Star and Sash of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
Kalinga Prize (1958)
Balzan Prize (1962)
Lieben Prize (1921)
Bavarian Maximilian Order for Science and Art (1981)
Magellanic Premium (1956)
honorary doctorate of the University of Graz
honorary doctor of Harvard University
Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Foreign Member of the Royal Society (1954)
Austrian Decoration for Science and Art (1960)

About

His work centered on investigations of the sensory perceptions of the honey bee and he was one of the first to translate the meaning of the waggle dance. His theory, described in his 1927 book Aus dem Leben der Bienen/ (English: "From the Life of Bees", published in the UK and United States as The Dancing Bees), was disputed by other scientists and met with widespread skepticism at the time, only decades later being appreciated as both zoologically accurate and an important step in development of animal behavioral study, and the wider history of biology.

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When was Karl von Frisch born?: Karl von Frisch was born on 20 November 1886 in Vienna.
Where did Karl von Frisch study?: Karl von Frisch was educated at University of Vienna, LMU Munich.

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