When was Nikolaas Tinbergen born?

Nikolaas Tinbergen was born on 15 April 1907 in The Hague.

Where did Nikolaas Tinbergen study?

Nikolaas Tinbergen was educated at Leiden University, Stedelijk Gymnasium Haarlem.

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Nikolaas Tinbergen

Dutch Zoologist, ethologist (1907-1988)

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Nikolaas "Niko" Tinbergen ( TIN-bur-gən, Dutch: [ˈnikoː(laːs) ˈtɪmbɛrɣə(n)]; 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 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.

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Born: 15 April 1907 wd
Place of birth: The Hague wd
Died: 21 December 1988 wd
Place of death: Oxford wd
Citizenship: Kingdom of the Netherlands, United Kingdom wd
Occupation: biologist, zoologist, ornithologist, ethologist, university teacher, photographer wd
Education: Leiden University, Stedelijk Gymnasium Haarlem wd

Awards wd

Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (1973)
Fellow of the Royal Society
APA Award for Distinguished Scientific Contributions to Psychology (1987)
Godman-Salvin Medal (1969)
Croonian Medal and Lecture (1972)
honorary doctor of the University of Leicester
Elliott Coues Award (1972)
Swammerdam Medal (1973)

About

In 1951, he published The Study of Instinct, an influential book on animal behaviour.

In the 1960s, he collaborated with filmmaker Hugh Falkus on a series of wildlife films, including The Riddle of the Rook (1972) and Signals for Survival (1969), which won the Italia prize in that year and the American blue ribbon in 1971.

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When was Nikolaas Tinbergen born?: Nikolaas Tinbergen was born on 15 April 1907 in The Hague.
Where did Nikolaas Tinbergen study?: Nikolaas Tinbergen was educated at Leiden University, Stedelijk Gymnasium Haarlem.

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