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                                | gptkbp:author | gptkb:General_System_Theory:_Foundations,_Development,_Applications Modern Theories of Development
 Problems of Life
 
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                                | gptkbp:birthDate | 1901-09-19 
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                                | gptkbp:birthPlace | gptkb:Atzgersdorf,_Austria-Hungary 
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                                | gptkbp:citizenship | gptkb:Austria gptkb:Canada
 
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                                | gptkbp:deathDate | 1972-06-12 
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                                | gptkbp:deathPlace | gptkb:Buffalo,_New_York,_USA 
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                                | gptkbp:doctoralAdvisor | gptkb:Paul_Kammerer 
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                                | gptkbp:doctoralStudent | gptkb:Walter_M._Elsasser 
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                                | gptkbp:education | gptkb:University_of_Vienna 
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                                | gptkbp:field | systems theory theoretical biology
 
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                                | gptkbp:influenced | cybernetics ecology
 psychology
 systems science
 
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                                | gptkbp:influencedBy | gptkb:Hans_Driesch gptkb:Paul_Kammerer
 
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                                | gptkbp:knownFor | gptkb:General_System_Theory 
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                                | gptkbp:memberOf | gptkb:Society_for_General_Systems_Research 
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                                | gptkbp:nationality | gptkb:Austrian 
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                                | gptkbp:notableIdea | gptkb:General_System_Theory open systems theory
 organismic approach
 
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                                | gptkbp:occupation | gptkb:biologist gptkb:philosopher
 
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                                | gptkbp:residence | gptkb:Austria gptkb:Canada
 gptkb:United_States
 
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                                | gptkbp:spouse | gptkb:Maria_von_Bertalanffy 
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                                | gptkbp:theory | open systems organismic biology
 
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                                | gptkbp:bfsParent | gptkb:Society_for_General_Systems_Research 
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                                | gptkbp:bfsLayer | 5 
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                                | https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label | Ludwig von Bertalanffy 
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