Konrad Lorenz (1) (1903–1989)
Author of King Solomon's Ring: New Light on Animals' Ways
For other authors named Konrad Lorenz, see the disambiguation page.
About the Author
Konrad Lorenz was an Austrian zoologist whose specialty, the biological origins of social behavior, is of major interest to psychologists. Lorenz pioneered in the direct study of animal behavior and was the founder of modern ethology (the study of animals in their natural surroundings). He received show more the Nobel Prize for physiology in 1973 for his research on instinctive behavior patterns and on imprinting---the process through which an animal very early in life acquires a social bond, usually with its parents, that enables it to become attached to other members of its own species. His major book, "On Aggression" (1963), was attacked by many anthropologists, psychologists, and sociologists, who maintained that Lorenz's claim that aggression is inborn means that it cannot be controlled. His supporters countered that Lorenz never stated that inborn traits could not be changed. Lorenz's work continues to play a key role in this contemporary version of the nature-nurture debate. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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Works by Konrad Lorenz
The Natural Science of the Human Species: An Introduction to Comparative Behavioral Research (1992) 40 copies
Leben ist Lernen. Von Immanuel Kant zu Konrad Lorenz. Ein Gespräch über das Lebenswerk des… (1981) 7 copies
Darwin hat recht gesehen 3 copies
Der Kumpan in der Umwelt des Vogels. Der Artgenosse als auslösendes Moment sozialer Verhaltensweisen (1973) 1 copy
Les animaux ces inconnus. 1 copy
Lorenz Volume Secondo 1 copy
Lorenz 1 copy
Der Vogelflug 1 copy
Associated Works
The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals (1872) — Introduction, some editions — 775 copies, 8 reviews
Research Is a Passion With Me: The Autobiography of a Bird Lover (1979) — Foreword, some editions — 14 copies
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- Canonical name
- Lorenz, Konrad
- Legal name
- Lorenz, Konrad Zacharias
- Birthdate
- 1903-11-07
- Date of death
- 1989-02-27
- Burial location
- Saint Andrae Woerdern Cemetery Wordern, Tulln Bezirk, Lower Austria (Niederösterreich), Austria
- Gender
- male
- Nationality
- Austria
- Birthplace
- Vienna, Austria
- Place of death
- Vienna, Austria
- Cause of death
- kidney failure
- Places of residence
- Vienna, Austria
- Education
- University of Vienna (MD|1928|Ph.D|1933)
- Occupations
- zoologist
ethnologist
ornithologist - Relationships
- Lorenz, Albert (brother)
- Organizations
- Max Planck Institute
Austrian Academy of Sciences
German Army (WWII) - Awards and honors
- Nobel Prize for physiology (1973)
International Honorary Member, American Academy of Arts and Sciences (1957)
Fellow, Royal Society (1964)
Österreichisches Ehrenzeichen für Wissenschaft und Kunst (1964)
International member, United States National Academy of Sciences (1966)
Kalinga Prize (1969) (show all 10)
Gold Medal of the Humboldt Society (1972)
International Member, American Philosophical Society (1974)
Bayerischer Maximiliansorden für Wissenschaft und Kunst (1984)
Großes Verdienstkreuz mit Stern und Schulterband, Verdienstorden der Bundesrepublik Deutschland (1984) - Short biography
- Konrad Lorenz was an anti-Semitic Austrian zoologist, ethologist, and ornithologist. He shared the 1973 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine with Nikolaas Tinbergen and Karl von Frisch. 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.
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- Popularity
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- Rating
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- ISBNs
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- Languages
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