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Karl von Frisch

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. 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 (translated into English as The Dancing Bees), was disputed by other scientists and greeted with skepticism at the time. Only much later was it shown to be an accurate theoretical analysis. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Karl von Frisch is the 42nd most popular biologist (down from 38th in 2019), the 103rd most popular biography from Austria (up from 113th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Austrian Biologist.

Karl von Frisch was a zoologist and ethologist. He is most famous for his work in animal behavior and the study of honeybees.

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Among BIOLOGISTS

Among biologists, Karl von Frisch ranks 42 out of 1,097. Before him are Trofim Lysenko, Barbara McClintock, John Edward Gray, Rachel Carson, Albert Claude, and Christian de Duve. After him are Ada Yonath, Richard Henderson, Peter Simon Pallas, Harald zur Hausen, Santiago Ramón y Cajal, and Nikolaas Tinbergen.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1886, Karl von Frisch ranks 14. Before him are Oskar Kokoschka, Béla Kun, Jean Arp, Sergey Kirov, Mir Osman Ali Khan, and Roman von Ungern-Sternberg. After him are Ernst Thälmann, Athenagoras I of Constantinople, Marc Bloch, Karl Barth, René Guénon, and Wilhelm Furtwängler. Among people deceased in 1982, Karl von Frisch ranks 19. Before him are Hans-Ulrich Rudel, Khalid of Saudi Arabia, Philip K. Dick, William Giauque, Rainer Werner Fassbinder, and Vasily Chuikov. After him are Erving Goffman, Stanford Moore, Louis Aragon, Gilles Villeneuve, Glenn Gould, and Ahmed Hassan al-Bakr.

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In Austria

Among people born in Austria, Karl von Frisch ranks 103 out of 1,424. Before him are Franz Conrad von Hötzendorf (1852), Saint Florian (250), Charles II, Archduke of Austria (1540), Engelbert Dollfuss (1892), Roman von Ungern-Sternberg (1886), and Alfred Hermann Fried (1864). After him are Archduchess Elisabeth Marie of Austria (1883), Rudolf IV, Duke of Austria (1339), Maximilian Schell (1930), Archduchess Maria Elisabeth of Austria (1743), Margaret of Austria, Queen of Spain (1584), and Maximilian III, Archduke of Austria (1558).

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Among BIOLOGISTS In Austria

Among biologists born in Austria, Karl von Frisch ranks 3. Before him are Konrad Lorenz (1903), and Karl Landsteiner (1868). After him are Ludwig von Bertalanffy (1901), Othenio Abel (1875), Joy Adamson (1910), Leopold Fitzinger (1802), Josephus Nicolaus Laurenti (1735), Erich von Tschermak (1871), Clemens von Pirquet (1874), Otto Stapf (1857), and Franz Steindachner (1834).

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