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![Konrad Lorenz.
[Credit: Hermann Kacher]](/Code-https-web.archive.org/web/20101005145752im_/http://media-2.web.britannica.com/eb-media/28/21028-003-8484C85C.gif "Konrad Lorenz.
[Credit: Hermann Kacher]")
Konrad Lorenz, (b. Nov. 7, 1903, Vienna, Austria—d. Feb. 27, 1989, Altenburg), Austrian zoologist, founder of modern ethology, the study of animal behaviour by means of comparative zoological methods. His ideas contributed to an understanding of how behavioral patterns may be traced to an evolutionary past, and he was also known for his work on the roots of aggression. He shared the Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine in 1973 with the animal behaviourists Karl von Frisch and Nikolaas Tinbergen.
Lorenz was the son of an orthopedic surgeon. He showed an interest in animals at an early age, and he kept ... (100 of 1005 words)
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(1903-89). An Austrian zoologist, Konrad Lorenz was the founder of modern ethology, the study of comparative animal behavior in natural environments. For discoveries in individual and social behavior patterns, Lorenz shared the 1973 Nobel prize for physiology or medicine.
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![Konrad Lorenz.
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