William Homan Thorpe, Date of Birth, Date of Death

William Homan Thorpe

British ethnologist

Date of Birth: 01-Apr-1902

Date of Death: 07-Apr-1986

Profession: zoologist, ornithologist, entomologist

Nationality: United Kingdom

Zodiac Sign: Aries

William Homan Thorpe FRS (1 April 1902 – 7 April 1986) was Professor of Animal Ethology at the University of Cambridge, and a significant British zoologist, ethologist and ornithologist.
Together with Nikolaas Tinbergen, Patrick Bateson and Robert Hinde, Thorpe contributed to the growth and acceptance of behavioural biology in Great Britain.