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Lorenz helped found ethology as a distinct biological discipline

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Lorenz’s popular books introduced animal behavior to a broad audience

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The Max Planck Society created the Lorenz Institute for Behavioral Physiology in 1950

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Lorenz joined the Nazi Party in 1938 and expressed support for its ideology

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University of Salzburg revoked Lorenz’s honorary doctorate in 2015

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Lorenz made anti‑Semitic jokes in private correspondence with his mentor

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