Read the bio below and try to give details on colin pittendrigh 's: - residence - known for - fields - death date - birth date - name - nationality - death place - birth place - alma mater Bio: colin pittendrigh -lrb- october 13 , 1918 -- march 19 , 1996 -rrb- 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 jurgen aschoff and erwin bunning . he is known for his careful descriptions of the properties of the circadian clock in drosophila and other species , and providing the first formal models of how circadian rhythms entrain -lrb- synchronize -rrb- to local light-dark cycles . he obtained his first degree of botany at university of durham , and was assigned to wartime service as a biologist in trinidad during world war ii where he studied malaria transmission by mosquitoes . after the war , he attended columbia university to study for his ph.d. . he later joined the faculty of princeton university and started his chronobiology research . he also co-chaired a mars exploration project at nasa from 1964 to 1966 . the defining principle that pittendrigh developed throughout his career was that the properties of the circadian clock are independent from those of the behaviors it controls . this gave him the freedom to study the clock through a range of physiological functions from the hatching of fruit flies to rodents ' locomotor activities . he performed large series of experiments to demonstrate that circadian rhythmicity is intrinsic and independent of environmental cues . he carried out a famous and protracted debate with frank brown , of northwestern university , on whether circadian timekeeping is intrinsic or environmentally driven . pittendrigh 's data and argument ultimately prevailed and sparked interest in chronobiology . pittendrigh died from cancer on tuesday , march 19 , 1996 , at his home in bozeman , montana . he has been regarded as one of the most influential figures in the field , and his research influences the field of chronobiology even after his death . the society for research on biological rhythms holds biannual...
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- residence is united states- known for is circadian rhythms- fields is chronobiology , biology- death date is 19 march 1996- birth date is 13 october 1918- name is colin s. pittendrigh- nationality is english- death place is bozeman , montana , united states- birth place is whitley -rrb- , england bay -lrb- now part of tyne and wear- alma mater is university of durham princeton university