Tinbergen
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Jan 1903–94, Dutch economist: Nobel Prize 1969.
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his brother Nikolaas Niko, 1907–88, British ethologist, born in the Netherlands: Nobel Prize in medicine 1973.
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Jan (jæn). 1903–94, Dutch economist, noted for his work on econometrics. He shared (1969) the first Nobel prize for economics with Ragnar Frisch
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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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His mentor was Nobel Laureate Niko Tinbergen, whose studies of herring gulls in the Netherlands helped lay the foundation for the field of ethology, or animal behavior.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 20, 2019
But it’s still the biggest prize in Economics, awarded to illustrious names such as John Hicks, Jan Tinbergen, John Nash, and Joseph Stiglitz.
From The Guardian ● Oct. 10, 2016
In 1966, the Dutch biologist Niko Tinbergen asked Dawkins, then a research assistant with a new doctorate in animal behaviour, to give some lectures in his stead.
From Nature ● Jan. 26, 2016
Convergence theory officially debuted in 1961 with a short but influential article by Jan Tinbergen.
From Salon ● May 27, 2015
Others, like Niko Tinbergen, another very famous early ethologist, do experiments out in the place where the animals live.
From "My Life with the Chimpanzees" by Jane Goodall
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