Tinbergen
Jan [yahn], /yɑn/, 1903–94, Dutch economist: Nobel Prize 1969.
his brother, Ni·ko·laas [nik-uh-luhs; Dutch nee-koh-lahs], /ˈnɪk ə ləs; Dutch ˈni koʊˌlɑs/, "Niko", 1907–88, British ethologist, born in the Netherlands: Nobel Prize in medicine 1973.
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How to use Tinbergen in a sentence
One of his neighbors, Niko Mchetkishvili, 58, said the last job he had was at a collective farm back 1990s.
Georgia’s Bold Peacenik, Prime Minister Ivanishvili | Anna Nemtsova | January 26, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTThe trip to Lake Chuzendi, eight miles from Niko, is made by chairs and jinrikishas carried and drawn by the coolies.
My Trip Around the World | Eleonora HuntThe journey to Niko by rail is most diversified, shaded for miles by the Cryptomeria trees.
My Trip Around the World | Eleonora HuntJasmine would look up apprehensively to see if Niko the butler were not observing contemptuously this display of greed.
Rich Relatives | Compton MackenzieFrom Niko we go to Tokio, a city of magnificent distances, the home of the Mikado.
My Trip Around the World | Eleonora Hunt
The temples of Niko surpass all others that we saw in Japan.
My Trip Around the World | Eleonora Hunt
British Dictionary definitions for Tinbergen
/ (ˈtɪnˌbɜːɡən) /
Jan (jæn). 1903–94, Dutch economist, noted for his work on econometrics. He shared (1969) the first Nobel prize for economics with Ragnar Frisch
his brother, Nikolaas (ˈnɪkələs). 1907–88, British zoologist, born in the Netherlands; studied animal behaviour, esp instincts, and was one of the founders of ethology; Nobel prize for physiology or medicine 1973
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