Jordi Sabater Pi

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Jordi Sabater Pi

Jordi Sabater i Pi (born August 2, 1922 in Barcelona ; † August 5, 2009 ibid) was a Catalan ethologist . In particular, he studied the behavior of chimpanzees and gorillas .

From 1940 to 1969, Jordi Sabater Pi lived and researched in Equatorial Guinea . In 1970 he studied psychology at the University of Barcelona , where he became professor in 1977 and emeritus in 1987 . His research results include the discovery of the tool culture of the chimpanzees in the Okorobiko Mountains and the study of the goliath frogs in the waterfalls of the Calabar River and the Rio del Ney in Cameroon . Sabater Pi drew the animals he was researching. The Documentation Center of the Parc Cientifíc de Barcelona collected not only many of his documents but also over 2000 of his drawings.

Jordi Sabater brought the popular albino gorilla Copito de Nieve to the Barcelona Zoo. He supported the Proyecto Gran Simio initiative , which advocates the extension of human rights to great apes . He was awarded the Catalan Foundation for Research Prize in 1991 , the Gold Medal of the Scientific Achievement at the Barcelona City Council in 1996 and the Narcís Monturiol Medal for Scientific and Technological Achievement of the Generalitat of Catalonia in 2004. He was nominated twice for the Kyoto Foundation Prize in Japan.

literature

  • Etología de la vivienda humana: de los nidos de gorilas y chimpancés a la vivienda humana . Labor, 1985. ISBN 978-84-335-1739-5 .
  • El chimpancé y los orígenes de la cultura . Barcelona. Anthropos. 1992 (3a. Edición). ISBN 978-84-7658-356-2 .
  • Gorilas y chimpancés del África Occidental . México. Fondo de Cultura Económica. 1993 (2nd edition).

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Diccionaris de l'Enciclopèdia Catalana (English)
  2. ↑ http://www.pcb.ub.edu/homepcb/live/en/p1451.asp ( Memento from March 1, 2012 in the Internet Archive )
  3. ^ Teodoro San José: Jordi Sabater Pi, Especialista en Primates y en Etología. In: El Diario montañés .
personal data
SURNAME Sabater Pi, Jordi
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Sabater i Pi, Jordi; Sabater, Jordi
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Spanish ethologist
DATE OF BIRTH August 2, 1922
PLACE OF BIRTH Barcelona
DATE OF DEATH August 5, 2009
Place of death Barcelona