Erwin Bünning, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Erwin Bünning

German biologist

Date of Birth: 23-Jan-1906

Place of Birth: Hamburg, Germany

Date of Death: 04-Oct-1990

Profession: biologist, university teacher, botanist

Nationality: Germany

Zodiac Sign: Aquarius

Erwin Bünning (23 January 1906 – 4 October 1990) was a German biologist.
His most famous contributions were to the field of chronobiology, where he proposed a model for the endogenous circadian rhythms governing plant photoperiodism.
From these contributions, Bünning is considered a co-founder of chronobiology along with Jürgen Aschoff and Colin Pittendrigh.