Nikolaas Tinbergen plaque

The public map records this plaque for Nikolaas Tinbergen. Its recorded inscription reads: Nikolaas Tinbergen FRS, 1907‒1988, ethologist, pioneer of studies in animal behaviour, Nobel Laureate, lived here 1956‒1988

Nikolaas Tinbergen was a pioneering ethologist who significantly advanced the study of animal behavior through his innovative fieldwork and experimental methods. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1973 for his discoveries concerning organization and control of individual and social behavior patterns in animals.