Erwin Bünning
Erwin Bünning (born January 23, 1906 in Hamburg ; † October 4, 1990 in Tübingen ) was a German biologist and university professor.
Career
From 1931 Bünning was a private lecturer at the University of Jena , in 1938 he became an associate professor at the University of Königsberg and in 1941 at the University of Strasbourg . From 1945 he was a full professor at the University of Cologne and from 1946 full professor and director of the Botanical Institute and Botanical Garden of the University of Tübingen .
Bünning's main research area was the photoperiodic reactions of plants. Bünning is considered to be the discoverer of the “ internal clock ” of organisms and, together with Jürgen Aschoff and Colin Pittendrigh, the founder of chronobiology .
Honors and memberships
- Honorary doctorates: University of Glasgow (1974), University of Freiburg (1977), University of Erlangen (1977) and University of Göttingen (1986)
- German Academy of Sciences , Berlin
- Göttingen Academy of Sciences (since 1953)
- Leopoldina , Halle (since 1954)
- Heidelberg Academy of Sciences
- Bavarian Academy of Sciences
- National Academy of Sciences , USA, Washington
- Foreign member of the Royal Society of London
- Member of the American Philosophical Society (since 1977)
- Honorary Member of the Indian Academy of Sciences
- Honorary member of the German Botanical Society, DBG
Fonts (selection)
- The physiology of growth and movements. 1939
- Theoretical basic questions of physiology. 1945. Additional edition: 1949
- In the forests of North Sumatra: a biologist's travel book. 1947
- Development and movement physiology of the plant. - 3rd edition 1953
- The physiological clock. 1958
- The physiological clock: time measurement in organisms with approximately diurnal oscillations. - 2nd, verb. u. exp. 1963 edition
- Wilhelm Pfeffer : pharmacist, chemist, botanist, physiologist; 1845-1920. 1975
- The physiological clock: circadian rhythm and biochronometry. - 3rd, thoroughly revised. 1977 edition
- Ahead of his time: Wilhelm Pfeffer; early advances in plant biology. 1989
literature
- Werner Plesse: Erwin Bünning. Plant Physiologist, Chronobiologist and Father of the Physiological Clock , Wiss. Verl.-Ges., Stuttgart 1996, ISBN 3-8047-1440-4 .
- Ilse Jahn: history of biology . Spectrum, 2000
Web links
- Literature by and about Erwin Bünning in the catalog of the German National Library
- Denazification files Erwin Bünning as digital reproduction ( files 1 and 2 ) in the online offer of the Sigmaringen State Archives
Individual evidence
- ↑ Holger Krahnke: The members of the Academy of Sciences in Göttingen 1751-2001 (= Treatises of the Academy of Sciences in Göttingen, Philological-Historical Class. Volume 3, Vol. 246 = Treatises of the Academy of Sciences in Göttingen, Mathematical-Physical Class. Episode 3, vol. 50). Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, Göttingen 2001, ISBN 3-525-82516-1 , p. 53.
- ^ Member History: Erwin Bünning. American Philosophical Society, accessed May 25, 2018 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Bünning, Erwin |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German biologist and university professor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 23, 1906 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Hamburg |
| DATE OF DEATH | 4th October 1990 |
| Place of death | Tübingen |