Nikolaas Tinbergen
Nobel Prize laureate in Medicine 1973
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Nikolaas Tinbergen, born on April 15, 1907, in The Hague, Netherlands, and died on December 21, 1988, was a prominent ethologist and biologist. He is best known for his work on animal behavior, which contributed to the understanding of individual and social behaviors. In 1973, he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Medicine for his discoveries concerning the organization and elicitation of individual and social behavior patterns. Tinbergen played a key role in the development of ethology as a scientific discipline.
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- Who is Nikolaas Tinbergen?
- Nikolaas Tinbergen, born on April 15, 1907, in The Hague, Netherlands, and died on December 21, 1988, was a prominent ethologist and biologist. He is best known for his work on animal behavior, which contributed to the understanding of individual and social behaviors. In 1973, he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Medicine for his discoveries concerning the organization and elicitation of individual and social behavior patterns. Tinbergen played a key role in the development of ethology as a scientific discipline.
- In what year did Nikolaas Tinbergen win the Nobel Prize?
- 1973 — Medicine