Konrad Lorenz, Nobel-Winning Scientist, Dies

From: The Washington Post | Date: March 1, 1989| Author: Bart Barnes | Copyright information

Konrad Lorenz, 85, a Nobel Prize-winning scientist who was best known for his theories on man's innate aggressiveness and his comparative studies of the behavior of animals in their natural environment, died of kidney failure Feb. 27 at his home in Altenberg, Austria, about 30 miles northeast of Vienna.

Dr. Lorenz was a pioneer in the development of the branch of biology known as ethology, whose proponents argued that there are many genetically inherited behavior patterns in animals ...

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