Konrad Zacharias Lorenz (November 7, 1903 in Vienna - February 27, 1989 in Vienna) was an Austrian zoologist, animal psychologist, ornithologist and Nobel Prize winner. He is often regarded as one of the founders of modern ethology, developing an approach that began with an earlier generation, including his teacher Oskar Heinroth. Lorenz studied instinctive behavior in animals, especially in greylag geese and jackdaws. Working with geese, he rediscovered the principle of imprinting (originally described by Douglas Spalding in the 19th century) in the behavior of nidifugous birds. He wrote numerous books, some of which, such as King Solomon's Ring and On Aggression became popular reading. In later life his interest shifted to the study of man in society. (more)
Type: person
Genres: ornithologist, ethologist, biology, science, zoologist
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On Aggression:
On Aggression is a book by ethologist Konrad Lorenz. As he writes in the prologue, "the subject of this book is aggression, that is to say the fighting instinct in beast and man which is directed against members of the same species." (Page 3) Accord
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King Solomon's Ring (nonfiction):
King Solomon's Ring is a zoological book for the general audience, written by the Austrian scientist Konrad Lorenz in 1949. The first English-language edition appeared in 1952. The book's title refers to the legendary Seal of Solomon, a ring that sup
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Oskar Heinroth:
Oskar Heinroth (1st March 1871 - 31st May 1945) was a German biologist who was one of the first to apply the methods of comparative morphology to animal behaviour, and was thus one of the founders of ethology. His extensive studies of behaviour in th
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Ethology:
Ethology (from Greek: ήθος, ethos, "character"; and λόγος, logos, "knowledge") is the scientific study of animal behavior, and a branch of zoology (not to be confused with ethnology). Although many naturalists have studied aspects of animal behavior
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Douglas Spalding:
Douglas Alexander Spalding (1840? – 1877) was an English biologist. He was born in London about 1840, and began life as a manual labourer. Subsequently he lived in Scotland, near Aberdeen; the philosopher Alexander Bain persuaded the University of Ab
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Instinct:
Instinct is the inherent disposition of a living organism toward a particular behavior. Instincts are unlearned, inherited fixed action patterns of responses or reactions to certain kinds of stimuli. Examples of instinctual fixed action patterns can
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Jackdaw:
The Jackdaw (Corvus monedula), sometimes known as the Eurasian Jackdaw or European Jackdaw, is one of the smallest species (34–39 cm in length) in the genus of crows and ravens.
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Imprinting (psychology):
Imprinting is the term used in psychology and ethology to describe any kind of phase-sensitive learning (learning occurring at a particular age or a particular life stage) that is rapid and apparently independent of the consequences of behavior. It w
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Greylag Goose:
The Greylag Goose, Anser anser, is a bird with a wide range in the Old World. It is the type species of the genus Anser. It was in pre-Linnean times known as the Wild Goose ("Anser ferus"). This species is the ancestor of domesticated geese in Europe
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Nikolaas Tinbergen:
Nikolaas "Niko" Tinbergen (April 15, 1907 - December 21, 1988) was a Dutch ethologist and ornithologist who shared the 1973 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine with Karl von Frisch and Konrad Lorenz for their discoveries concerning organization and
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Karl von Frisch:
Karl Ritter von Frisch (November 20 1886 - June 12 1982) was an Austrian ethologist who received the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1973, along with Nikolaas Tinbergen and Konrad Lorenz. He studied zoology with Richard von Hertwig whom he l
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Behind the Mirror:
Behind the Mirror is * a book by Konrad Lorenz, see Behind the Mirror: A Search for a Natural History of Human Knowledge * a song by the thrash metal band Kreator, see Behind the Mirror (Kreator song)
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Man Meets Dog:
Man Meets Dog is a zoological book for the general audience, written by the Austrian scientist Konrad Lorenz in 1949. The first English-language edition appeared in 1954. The original German title is So kam der Mensch auf den Hund, which could be lit
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William McDougall (psychologist):
William McDougall (June 22, 1871 in Chadderton, Lancashire, England - November 28, 1938 Durham, U.S.) was an early twentieth century psychologist who spent the first part of his career in the UK and the latter part in the United States. He wrote a nu
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Adolf Lorenz:
Adolf Lorenz (1854 - February 19, 1946) was an Austrian orthopedic surgeon who was a native of Weidenau (today Vidnava, Bohemia). He studied medicine at the University of Vienna and subsequently worked as an assistant to surgeon Eduard Albert (1841-1
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Konrad Lorenz Institute for Evolution and Cognition Research:
The Konrad Lorenz Institute for Evolution and Cognition Research (KLI) is an international center for advanced studies in theoretical biology. It supports the articulation, analysis, and integration of biological theories and the exploration of their
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