
Colin Pittendrigh
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Gender | Male |
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Death | 28 years ago |
Date of birth | October 13,1918 |
Zodiac sign | Libra |
Born | Tyne And Wear |
United Kingdom | |
Date of died | March 19,1996 |
Died | Bozeman |
Montana | |
United States | |
Residence | United States |
Fields | Chronobiology |
Biology | |
Notable student | Michael Menaker |
Gene D. Block | |
Carl H. Johnson | |
Awards | Guggenheim Fellowship for Natural Sciences, US & Canada |
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ID | 1495675 |
Colin Pittendrigh Life story
Colin Stephenson Pittendrigh was a British-born biologist who spent most of his adult life in the United States. Pittendrigh is regarded as the "father of the biological clock," and founded the modern field of chronobiology alongside Jürgen Aschoff and Erwin Bünning.