Karl von Frisch
1886
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1982
photo credits: Wikimedia Commons
country of citizenship: Austria
languages spoken, written or signed: German
educated at: University of Vienna, Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich
occupation: beekeeper, ethologist, university teacher, entomologist
award received: Pour le Mérite for Sciences and Arts order, Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, Bavarian Order of Merit, Ring of Honour of the City of Vienna, Great Cross with Star and Sash of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany, Kalinga Prize, Balzan Prize, Lieben Prize, Bavarian Maximilian Order for Science and Art, Magellanic Premium, honorary doctorate of the University of Graz, honorary doctor of Harvard University, Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, Foreign Member of the Royal Society, Austrian Decoration for Science and Art, Erzherzog Rainer-Medaille
Karl Ritter von Frisch, (20 November 1886 – 12 June 1982) was a German-Austrian ethologist who received the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1973, along with Nikolaas Tinbergen and Konrad Lorenz.His work centered on investigations of the sensory perceptions of the honey bee and he was one of the first to translate the meaning of the waggle dance. His theory, described in his 1927 book Aus dem Leben der Bienen (translated into English as The Dancing Bees), was disputed by other scientists and greeted with skepticism at the time. Only much later was it shown to be an accurate theoretical analysis. Source: Wikipedia (en)
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