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Nikolaas Tinbergen

Nobel Prize-winning biologist who pioneered the study of animal behaviour

Did you know?He was the younger brother of Jan Tinbergen, who won the first-ever Nobel Prize in Economics.

Nikolaas "Niko" Tinbergen ( TIN-bur-gən, Dutch:; 15 April 1907 – 21 December 1988) 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…

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Age at death: 81
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Born: April 15, 1907 · The Hague, Netherlands
Died: December 21, 1988
Nationality: British
Known for: Science, Art

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Father: D. C. Tinbergen

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