Karl von Frisch: advisors and students

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Karl von Frisch

German-Austrian ethologist1886 to 1982

Wikidata names Hans Przibram as doctoral advisor. Linked to Wikidata, Wikipedia, and 4 other registers.

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Advisors on Wikidata1

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Hans Przibram

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The advisors of their advisors, four steps up at most, in the thesis records and on Wikidata, each kind marked; a person in both is listed once.

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stated by WikidataHans Przibram
2 steps up
stated by WikidataBerthold Hatschek

Education and career6

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until 1923
University of Rostock
worked
until 1925
University of Wrocław
worked
until 1950
University of Graz
worked
until 1958
LMU Munich
worked
undated
University of Vienna
studied
undated
LMU Munich
studied

At a glance

known as: beekeeper, ethologist, university teacher, entomologist, zoologist, biologist, scientist
fields: ethology
awards: Pour le Mérite for Sciences and Arts order, 1952, Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, 1973, Bavarian Order of Merit, Ring of Honour of the City of Vienna, Great Cross with Star and Sash of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany, Kalinga Prize, 1958, Balzan Prize, 1962, Lieben Prize, 1921, Bavarian Maximilian Order for Science and Art, 1981, Magellanic Premium, 1956, honorary doctorate of the University of Graz, honorary doctor of Harvard University, Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, Foreign Member of the Royal Society, 1954, Austrian Decoration for Science and Art, 1960, Erzherzog Rainer-Medaille, 1923
member of: Royal Society of London, from 1954, German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina, Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, American Academy of Arts and Sciences, Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences, Bavarian Academy of Sciences and Humanities, National Academy of Sciences, from 1951, Zoologisch-Botanische Gesellschaft, from 1909, Göttingen Academy of Sciences and Humanities in Lower Saxony
Wikipedia: in 63 languages

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Elsewhere6

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stated by WikidataWikipediaKarl von Frisch
stated by WikidataWikidataQ60060
stated by WikidataVIAF89778183
stated by WikidataGND118693670
stated by WikidataIdRef026875640
stated by WikidataISNI0000000081631090

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  author = {{Academic Ancestry}},
  title = {{Karl von Frisch: advisors and students}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://academicancestry.org/person/Q60060},
  note = {read on 2026-10-27}
}

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Academic Ancestry. (2026, October 27). Karl von Frisch: Advisors and students [Read on 2026-10-27]. https://academicancestry.org/person/Q60060