Human Accomplishment: Karl von Frisch

a German-Austrian ethologist. 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.

The Nobel Prize in medicine (shared ) (1973)

"for their discoveries concerning organization and elicitation of individual and social behaviour patterns"

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(Karl von Frisch)

Born

20 November 1886 Vienna, Austria-Hungary

Died

12 June 1982 (aged 95) Munich, West Germany

Known for

Bees

Fields

Ethology

Awards

ForMemRS (1954) Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (1973) Balzan Prize for Biology (1962) Kalinga Prize (1958) Magellanic Premium (1956) Lieben Prize (1921)

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Austria

era

1800+

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