Niko Tinbergen
Dutch Zoologist, ethologist (1907-1988) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Nikolaas 'Niko' Tinbergen (15 April 1907 – 21 December 1988) was a Dutch ethologist and ornithologist who shared the 1973 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine with Karl von Frisch and Konrad Lorenz. Their discoveries were about individual and social behaviour patterns, and how they are triggered.
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Niko Tinbergen | |
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Born | (1907-04-15)15 April 1907 |
Died | 21 December 1988(1988-12-21) (aged 81) |
Nationality | Dutch |
Alma mater | Leiden University |
Known for | Hawk/goose effect Four questions |
Awards | Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (1973) |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Zoologist, ethologist |
Institutions | Oxford University |
Doctoral students | Richard Dawkins Aubrey Manning Desmond Morris |
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In the 1960s Niko collaborated on a series of wildlife movies, 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.