Konrad Lorenz
Born in 1903
Science
Konrad Zacharias Lorenz was an Austrian zoologist, ethologist, and ornithologist who shared the 1973 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine.
Recognized as a founder of modern ethology, Lorenz studied instinctive behavior in animals, particularly greylag geese and jackdaws.
He is known for his work on imprinting, the process by which some birds bond instinctively with the first moving object they see after hatching.
Collaborating with Nikolaas Tinbergen, Lorenz helped establish ethology as a distinct biological sub-discipline.
His influence extended beyond his field, ranking as the 65th most cited scholar in 20th-century technical psychology journals.
