Tinbergen
Americannoun
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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
The prize has recognised some of the biggest names and brightest ideas, since Ragnar Frisch and Jan Tinbergen shared the first award in 1969.
From The Guardian ● Oct. 8, 2018
The so-called “gravity model”, concocted in the 1960s by Jan Tinbergen, a Dutch Nobel-prize winner, makes two simple points about the geography of international trade.
From Economist ● Sep. 29, 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
Tinbergen is best known for his work with different kinds of sea gulls.
From "My Life with the Chimpanzees" by Jane Goodall
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