BIOLOGIST

Konrad Lorenz

1903 - 1989

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Konrad Zacharias Lorenz (Austrian German pronunciation: [ˈkɔnʁaːd tsaxaˈʁiːas ˈloːʁɛnts] ; 7 November 1903 – 27 February 1989) 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. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Konrad Lorenz is the 10th most popular biologist (down from 9th in 2019), the 41st most popular biography from Austria (down from 37th in 2019) and the most popular Austrian Biologist.

Konrad Lorenz is most famous for his work in ethology, which is the study of animal behavior. He is best known for his studies on imprinting and the innate releasing mechanisms.

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Among BIOLOGISTS

Among biologists, Konrad Lorenz ranks 10 out of 1,097. Before him are Alexander Fleming, James Watson, Ivan Pavlov, Antonie van Leeuwenhoek, Jean-Baptiste Lamarck, and Ernst Haeckel. After him are Rosalind Franklin, Karl Landsteiner, Robert Edwards, Robert Brown, Georges Cuvier, and George Beadle.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1903, Konrad Lorenz ranks 4. Before him are George Orwell, Olav V of Norway, and John von Neumann. After him are Aram Khachaturian, Georges Simenon, Theodor W. Adorno, George Beadle, Ernst Kaltenbrunner, C. F. Powell, Adolf Butenandt, and Habib Bourguiba. Among people deceased in 1989, Konrad Lorenz ranks 8. Before him are Nicolae Ceaușescu, Hirohito, Ferdinand Marcos, Ruhollah Khomeini, Herbert von Karajan, and Samuel Beckett. After him are Ted Bundy, Georges Simenon, Sergio Leone, Zita of Bourbon-Parma, Andrei Sakharov, and George Beadle.

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In Austria

Among people born in Austria, Konrad Lorenz ranks 41 out of 1,424. Before him are Anton Bruckner (1824), Ferdinand II, Holy Roman Emperor (1578), Leopold I, Holy Roman Emperor (1640), Arnold Schoenberg (1874), Herbert von Karajan (1908), and Egon Schiele (1890). After him are Viktor Frankl (1905), Hedy Lamarr (1914), Archduchess Gisela of Austria (1856), Karl Landsteiner (1868), Matthias, Holy Roman Emperor (1557), and Otto of Greece (1815).

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Among BIOLOGISTS In Austria

Among biologists born in Austria, Konrad Lorenz ranks 1. After him are Karl Landsteiner (1868), Karl von Frisch (1886), 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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