Born: 7-Nov-1903
Birthplace: Vienna, Austria
Died: 27-Feb-1989
Location of death: Altenburg, Austria
Cause of death: unspecified

Gender: Male
Race or Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Zoologist

Nationality: Austria
Executive summary: Founder of modern ethology

Military service: German Army (1942-44, Soviet POW)

Father: (orthopedic surgeon)

    University: Columbia University (two semesters in 1922)
    Medical School: MD, University of Vienna (1928)
    University: PhD Zoology, University of Vienna (1933)
    Professor: Albertus University, Königsberg, Germany (1940-42)

    Nobel Prize for Medicine 1973 (with Karl von Frisch and Nikolaas Tinbergen)
    Taken Prisoner of War

Author of books:
Das sogenannte Böse (1963)
Die Rückseite des Spiegels: Versuch einer Naturgeschichte menschlichen Erkennens (1973)

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