Irenäus Eibl-Eibesfeldt

1928 - 2018

Country of citizenship: Austria

Languages spoken, written or signed: German

Occupation: ethologist, zoologist, evolutionary biologist, scientist

Award received: Bavarian Order of Merit, Commander's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany, Grand Decoration of Honour in Gold for services to the State of Vienna, Philip Morris Research Prize, Werner und Inge Grüter Prize for science communication, honorary doctorate of the University of Salamanca, International Nonino Prize, Austrian Decoration for Science and Art First Class, Honorary doctor of the University of Bologna, Ehrenmedaille der Bundeshauptstadt Wien in Gold

Position held: president

Student of: Ludwig von Bertalanffy, Otto Koenig

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Irenäus Eibl-Eibesfeldt (German pronunciation: [irɛˈnɛːʊs ˌaɪ̯bl̩ʔˈaɪ̯bəsfɛlt] ; 15 June 1928 – 2 June 2018) was an Austrian ethologist in the field of human ethology. In authoring the book which bears that title, he applied ethology to humans by studying them in a perspective more common to volumes studying animal behavior. Source: Wikipedia (en)