Heinz Ellenberg, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Heinz Ellenberg

German botanist

Date of Birth: 01-Aug-1913

Place of Birth: Harburg, Bavaria, Germany

Date of Death: 02-May-1997

Profession: writer, biologist, university teacher, botanist, ecologist

Nationality: Germany

Zodiac Sign: Leo

Heinz Ellenberg (1 August 1913 in Harburg (Elbe) – 2 May 1997 in Göttingen) was a German biologist, botanist and ecologist.
Ellenberg was an advocate of viewing ecological systems through holistic means.
He developed 9–point scales for rating European plant preferences for light, temperature, continentality (geographic region), nutrients, soil moisture, pH, and salinity.