Karl lorenz biography

Karl Lorenz (24 January 1904 – 3 October 1964) was a German general during World War II who commanded the Panzer Division Grossdeutschland.
Karl Lorenz, MD MSHS is a general internal medicine and palliative care physician, and Section chief of the VA Palo Alto-Stanford Palliative Care Program.
Karl Lorenz was a German general during World War II who commanded the Panzer Division Grossdeutschland.

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Lorenz, Karl

Date of birth:: January 24th, 1904 (Hanau am Main/Hesse-Nassau, Germany)
Date of death:: October 3rd, 1964 (Bad Godesberg-Mehlem/North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany)
Nationality:: German

Biography

Promotions:
April 1st, 1924: Offiziersanwärter;
1926: Fähnrich;
1927: Oberfähnrich;
April 1st, 1928: Leutnant;
January 1st, 1932: Oberleutnant;
October 1st, 1935: Hauptmann;
January 1st, 1941: Major;
February 1st, 1943: Oberstleutnant;
August 1st, 1943: Oberst;
November 1st, 1944: Generalmajor .

Career:
April 1st, 1924: Offiziersanwärter, 3. (Preuß.) Pionier-Bataillon;
April 1st, 1928: Kompanieoffizier, 3. (Preuß.) Pionier-Bataillon;
1930: Nachrichten-Offizier, 3. (Preuß.) Pionier-Bataillon;
April 1st, 1931: Adjutant, 3. (Preuß.) Pionier-Bataillon;
October 1st, 1934: Kompaniechef, 3. (Preuß.) Pionier-Bataillon;
October 1st, 1935: Adjutant, Höheren Pionieroffizier 2;
November 10th, 1938: Chef, 1. Kompanie, Pionier-Bataillon 18;
February 1st, 1940: Kommandeur, Pionier-Bataillon 290;
March 1st, 1942: Wounded in Lazerett;
August 1st, 1942: Kommandeur

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Konrad Lorenz

Austrian zoologist (1903–1989)

Konrad Zacharias Lorenz (AustrianGerman pronunciation:[ˈkɔnʁaːdtsaxaˈʁiːasˈloːʁɛnts]^ⓘ; 7 November 1903 – 27 February 1989) was an Austrian zoologist, ethologist, and ornithologist. He shared the 1973 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine with Nikolaas Tinbergen and Karl von Frisch. He is often regarded as one of the founders of modern ethology, the study of animal behavior. He developed an approach that began with an earlier generation, including his teacher Oskar Heinroth.^[1]

Lorenz studied instinctive behavior in animals, especially in greylag geese and jackdaws. Working with geese, he investigated the principle of imprinting, the process by which some nidifugous birds (i.e. birds that leave their nest early) bond instinctively with the first moving object that they see within the first hours of hatching. Although Lorenz did not discover the topic, he became widely known for his descriptions of imprinting as an instinctive bond. In 1936, he met Tinbergen, and the two collaborated in developing ethology as

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Karl Lorenz

This article is about German Army Officer from World War II. For the German composer, see Karl Adolf Lorenz.

Karl Lorenz (24 January 1904 – 3 October 1964) was a German general during World War II who commanded the Panzer Division Grossdeutschland. He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves of Nazi Germany.

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Citations

^Thomas 1998, p. 38.
^Patzwall & Scherzer 2001, p. 285.
^Fellgiebel 2000, p. 242.
^Fellgiebel 2000, p. 67.

Bibliography

Fellgiebel, Walther-Peer (2000) [1986]. Die Träger des Ritterkreuzes des Eisernen Kreuzes 1939–1945 — Die Inhaber der höchsten Auszeichnung des Zweiten Weltkrieges aller Wehrmachtteile [The Bearers of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross 1939–1945 — The Owners of the Highest Award of the Second World War of all Wehrmacht Branches] (in German). Friedberg, Germany: Podzun-Pallas. ISBN .
Patzwall, Klaus D.; Scherzer, Veit (2001). Das Deutsche Kreuz 1941 – 1945 Geschichte und Inhaber Band II