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Scientist
The Resume
(November 7, 1903-February 27, 1989)
Born in Vienna, Austria
Considered the father of ethology (the science of animal behavior)
Rediscovered imprinting in birds
Co-recipient of the Nobel Prize in Medicine (1973)
Wrote 'King Solomon's Ring' (1949), 'Man Meets Dog' (1950), 'On Aggression' (1966), 'Behind the Mirror' (1973) and 'Civilized Man's Eight Deadly Sins' (1974)
Why he might be annoying
He joined the Nazi party (1938), declaring, 'My whole scientific work is devoted to the ideas of National Socialists.'
He argued that 'socially inferior human material' could destroy 'the healthy body of a people.'
In a letter to a fellow scientist, he compared the beak of the shoveler duck to an 'ugly Jewish nose.'
His tendency to generalize from limited observations led a colleague to joke that ethology was 'the science of the greylag goose, Martina.'
His attempts to draw analogies between animal behavior and human behavior were controversial.
Why he might not be annoying
He apologized, 'Many highly decent scientists hoped, like I did, for a short time for good from National Socialism, and many quickly turned away from it with the same horror as I.'
He was married to his wife Margarethe for 62 years until his death.
He credited his career to his parents who were 'supremely tolerant of of my inordinate love of animals.'
Credit: C. Fishel
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