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Colin Pittendrigh

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Gender Male
Death27 years ago
Date of birth October 13,1918
Zodiac sign Libra
Born Tyne And Wear
United Kingdom
Date of died March 19,1996
DiedBozeman
Montana
United States
ResidenceUnited 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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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.

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