Tin·ber·gen (t n b r-gn, -b r  n), Jan 1903-1994. Dutch economist. He shared a 1969 Nobel Prize for the application of mathematics and statistical methods to economics. His brother Nikolaas (1907-1988), a Dutch-born British ethologist, shared a 1973 Nobel Prize for studies of individual and social behavior patterns. |
Tinbergen [ˈtɪnˌbɜːgən]
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1. (Biographies / Tinbergen, Jan (1903-1994) M, Dutch, SOCIAL SCIENCE: economist) Jan (jæn). 1903-94, Dutch economist, noted for his work on econometrics. He shared (1969) the first Nobel prize for economics with Ragnar Frisch
2. (Biographies / Tinbergen, Nikolaas (1907-1988) M, Britishnational of birth: Dutch, SCIENCE: zoologist) his brother, Nikolaas (ˈnɪkələs). 1907-88, British zoologist, born in the Netherlands; studied animal behaviour, esp instincts, and was one of the founders of ethology; Nobel prize for physiology or medicine 1973
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| Noun | 1. | Tinbergen - Dutch zoologist who showed that much animal behavior is innate and stereotyped (1907-1988) |
| 2. | Tinbergen - Dutch economist noted for his work in econometrics (1903-1994) |
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