Ewald Hering, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Ewald Hering

German physiologist

Date of Birth: 05-Aug-1834

Place of Birth: Neugersdorf, Saxony, Germany

Date of Death: 26-Jan-1918

Profession: pedagogue, university teacher, physiologist

Nationality: Germany

Zodiac Sign: Leo

Karl Ewald Konstantin Hering (5 August 1834 – 26 January 1918) was a German physiologist who did much research into color vision, binocular perception and eye movements.
He proposed opponent color theory in 1892. Born in Alt-Gersdorf, Kingdom of Saxony, Hering studied at the University of Leipzig and became the first rector of Charles University in Prague.