Luuk Tinbergen (7 September 1915, in
The Hague
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– 1 September 1955, in
Groningen
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) was a Dutch
ornithologist
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and
ecologist
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.
Tinbergen was the youngest of three eminent brothers — both
Jan
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and
Nikolaas won Nobel Prizes, for economics and physiology or medicine, respectively.
He was appointed in 1949 by Gerard Baerends to the
University of Groningen
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, where he developed important concepts in
ethology
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. He was influenced to specialize in ethology by ethologist brother Niko with whom he was very close, but he also was influenced by Jan to introduce a level of quantitative analysis not previously utilized in ethology. Tinbergen committed suicide in 1955 at the age of 39.
Tijs Tinbergen
Tijs Tinbergen (; born c. 3 July 1947 in ) is a Dutch filmmaker.
Tinbergen graduated with honors from the Netherlands Film Academy in 1975. He primarily produces documentaries, usually in collaboration with the producer Jan Musch. In 2009, he w ...
, his elder son, is a nature film director
imdb, whose 1994 film ''Gebiologeerd'' ("mesmerised") is a homage to his fathe
Tinbergen's younger son,
Joost Tinbergen, is also a biologist.
University of Groningen alumni
1915 births
1955 deaths
Dutch ornithologists
Scientists from The Hague
20th-century Dutch zoologists
1955 suicides
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