Robert Hinde

Robert Hinde (October 26, 1923–December 23, 2016) was a British behavioral biologist who studied the behavioral development and social relationships of birds, monkeys, and humans. He was the primary influence on a generation of behavioral biologists.

From 1940 to 1945, during World War II, Hinde was in the Royal Air Force, an experience that contributed to a lifelong disdain for war and concern to promote an ethos of peace. In 1948 he obtained a 1st class BA in Natural Sciences at the University of Cambridge, as well as a B.Sc. from the University of London. From 1948 to 1950, he conducted research for his D. Phil. in zoology at the University of Oxford, where he worked as a research assistant at the Edward Grey Institute, was advised by the ornithologist David Lack, and was influenced by the ethologist Niko Tinbergen. In 1950 he returned to the University of Cambridge to become the initial Curator of the Ornithological Field Station, designed by William H. Thorpe to integrate studies...