Ernst Münch, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Ernst Münch

German botanist

Date of Birth: 26-Nov-1876

Place of Birth: Ruchheim, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany

Date of Death: 09-Oct-1946

Profession: university teacher, botanist

Nationality: Germany

Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius

Ernst Münch (26 November 1876 – 9 October 1946) was a German plant physiologist who proposed the Pressure Flow Hypothesis in 1930. He studied in Aschaffenburg, and then in Munich with Robert Hartig.
He worked in a number of fields including forest pathology, resin production, and fungi.
He is best known for the phloem pressure flow hypothesis.