Science · Literature · Philosophy · 1903–1989
Konrad Lorenz
Nobel Prize-winning zoologist who studied animal behaviour and imprinting
Did you know?He was famously photographed with a line of goslings that followed him everywhere because they believed he was their mother.
Konrad Zacharias Lorenz (Austrian German:; 7 November 1903 – 27 February 1989) was an Austrian zoologist, ethologist, and ornithologist. He shared the 1973 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine with Nikolaas Tinbergen and Karl von Frisch.
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- Would be
- 122
- Age at death
- 85
- Years since death
- 37
- Born
- November 7, 1903 · Vienna, Austria
- Died
- February 27, 1989
- Cause of death
- Kidney failure
- Nationality
- Austrian
- Known for
- Science, Literature, Philosophy
Family
- Father
- Adolf Lorenz
- Spouse
- Margarethe Gebhardt
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- Born on November 7Born on November 7 too? You share your birthday with Konrad Lorenz, Marie Curie, Albert Camus and 26 more famous people. See your full list of birthday twins.Date page
- Died on February 27Konrad Lorenz is remembered every February 27, along with 12 other notable people who died on this day. Discover what else happened on that date.Date page
- See the front page from the day Konrad Lorenz was bornA newspaper front page for 7 November 1903, styled like the papers of the time, with headlines and famous birthdays from that day.Birthday newspaper
- Would-be age todayKonrad Lorenz would be 122 years old today. See how many birthdays they would have celebrated.Age
- Birth anniversaryKonrad Lorenz's 123rd birthday is in 13 days. If it's your birthday too, it's a double celebration!123rd
- Death anniversaryThe 38th anniversary of Konrad Lorenz's death is in 125 days. A moment to remember their legacy.38th
- Scorpio zodiac signScorpio people are known for being intense, passionate and resourceful. Are you a Scorpio like Konrad Lorenz? Meet your star-sign twins.Zodiac
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