Medindia: Nikolaas Tinbergen - The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1973
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Nikolaas Tinbergen
Nikolaas "Niko" Tinbergen 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 patterns in animals. He is regarded as one of the founders of modern ethology, the study of animal behaviour.
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science · Dutch zoologist and ethologist (1907–1988) · biologist · zoologist · ornithologist · ethologist · university teacher · photographer · scientist · also Nikolaas Tinbergen, N. Tinbergen, N Tinbergen, Tinbergen, Tinbergen N, Tinbergen N.
Born 15 April 1907 · Died 21 December 1988 · Q153890
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2011· 1 entry
Published “Ocrelizumab in relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis: a phase 2, randomised, placebo-controlled, multicentre trial” in The Lancet — cited 653 times.
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2004· 1 entry
Published “Fitness consequences of avian personalities in a fluctuating environment” in Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Series B: Biological Sciences — cited 741 times.
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1998· 1 entry
Published “Warmer springs lead to mistimed reproduction in great tits (Parus major)” in Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Series B: Biological Sciences — cited 811 times.
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1988· 2 entries
Died 1988-12-21.
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Tinbergen died on 21 December 1988, after suffering a stroke at his home in Oxford, England.
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1987· 1 entry
Awarded APA Award for Distinguished Scientific Contributions to Psychology (1987).
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1973· 4 entries
Awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine — for their discoveries concerning organization and elicitation of individual and social behaviour patterns.
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Awarded Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (1973).
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Won Swammerdam Medal (1973).
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Tinbergen, along with Konrad Lorenz and Karl von Frisch, were awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine "for their discoveries concerning organization and elicitation of individual and social behaviour patterns"
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1972· 2 entries
Won Croonian Medal and Lecture (1972).
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Awarded Elliott Coues Award (1972).
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1969· 2 entries
Won Godman-Salvin Medal (1969).
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By the British Ornithologists' Union, and in 1973 received the Swammerdam Medal and Wilhelm Bölsche Medal (from the Genootschap ter bervordering van Natuur-, Genees- en Heelkunde of the University of Amsterdam and the Ko
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1963· 1 entry
Published “On aims and methods of Ethology” in Zeitschrift für Tierpsychologie — cited 3,099 times.
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1961· 1 entry
The United States National Academy of Sciences in 1974, and the American Philosophical Society in 1975
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1960· 1 entry
Published “The Natural Control of Insects in Pinewoods” in Archives Néerlandaises de Zoologie — cited 580 times.
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1952· 1 entry
Published “"Derived" Activities; Their Causation, Biological Significance, Origin, and Emancipation During Evolution” in The Quarterly Review of Biology — cited 548 times.
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1951· 2 entries
Tinbergen's The Study of Instinct was published
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Published The Study of Instinct, an influential book on animal behaviour
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1950· 1 entry
Tinbergen became member of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences
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1932· 1 entry
Examined how female European beewolfs (Philanthus triangulum) use visual landmarks to find their nests
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1907· 1 entry
Born 1907-04-15.
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