Nikolaas Tinbergen(1907–1988)
MedicineNikolaas "Niko" Tinbergen 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 modern ethology, the study of animal behavior.
Netherlands
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Citations
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Awards & Recognition
Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
1973for their discoveries concerning organization and elicitation of individual and social behaviour patterns
University of OxfordMost Cited Works
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Recent Publications
View all worksAwards for Distinguished Scientific Contributions.
American Psychologist2015
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Awards for Distinguished Scientific Contributions.
American Psychologist2010
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On aims and methods of Ethology
Ethology2010
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Co-winners
Shared the same award in the same year
Education
Leiden University
Stedelijk Gymnasium Haarlem
Doctoral Advisors
Richard DawkinsDavid McFarlandHans KruukColin Gordon Beer
Career Timeline
University of Oxford?–present
Leiden University1939–present
Leiden University1947–1949
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KK
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GR
Gary Ruvkun
Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (2024)
DW
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SP
Svante Pääbo
Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (2022)
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