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Languages
German
Spouse
Margarethe Gebhardt
Parents
Adolf Lorenz
Education
Columbia University, University of Vienna
Zodiac Sign
♏ Scorpio
Chinese Zodiac
兔 Rabbit
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Konrad Lorenz: Austrian zoologist, winner of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1973 (1903–1989).
Born in Vienna (died at age 85).
11 awards including Austrian Decoration for Science and Art.
Studied at Columbia University.
AWARDS (11)
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Austrian Decoration for Science and Art
WON
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Bavarian Maximilian Order for Science and Art
WON
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Foreign Member of the Royal Society
WON
B
Great Cross with Star and Sash of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
WON
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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Konrad Lorenz was born in Vienna.
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