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| Donald Redfield Griffin | |
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| Born | August 3, 1915 |
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| Died | November 7, 2003 (aged 88) |
| Nationality | United States |
| Fields | Zoology |
| Known for | Animal echolocation |
Donald Redfield Griffin (August 3, 1915 - November 7, 2003) was an American professor of zoology at various universities who did seminal research in animal behavior, animal navigation, acoustic orientation and sensory biophysics. In 1938, while an undergraduate at Harvard University, he began studying the navigational method of bats, which he named animal echolocation in 1944. In Question of Animal Awareness, he argued that animals have conscious minds like those of humans.
Publications
- Listening in the Dark (1958)
- Echoes of Bats and Men (1959) Anchor Books (Doubleday). Library of Congress Catalog Card Number 59-12051
- Animal Thinking (1985) Harvard University Press. ISBN 0-67403-713-8
- Question of Animal Awareness (1976) ISBN 0-86576-002-0
- Animal Minds (1992)
- Animal Minds: Beyond Cognition to Consciousness (2001) ISBN 0-226-30865-0
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| NAME | Griffin, Donald Redfield |
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| SHORT DESCRIPTION | American zoologist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 3, 1915 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Animal echolocation |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 7, 2003 |
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