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  2. Apr 2, 2024 · osmosis. Wilhelm Pfeffer (born March 9, 1845, Grebenstein, near Kassel [Germany]—died January 31, 1920, Leipzig, Germany) was a German botanist whose work on osmotic pressure made him a pioneer in the study of plant physiology. After earning a Ph.D. from the University of Göttingen in 1865, Pfeffer continued his studies at the universities ...

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  3. Pfeffer was a pioneer of modern plant physiology. His scientific interests included the thermonastic and photonastic movements of flowers, the nyctinastic movements of leaves, protoplastic physics and photosynthesis. In 1877, while researching plant metabolism, Pfeffer developed a semi-porous membrane to study the phenomena of osmosis.

  4. Nov 30, 2014 · Wilhelm Friedrich Phillip Pfeffer studied plants in Germany during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. He started his career as an apothecary, but Pfeffer also studied plant physiology, including how plants move and react to changes in light, temperature, and osmotic pressure.

  5. German botanist who studied osmotic pressure. While working on cell metabolism, Pfeffer developed a semipermeable membrane with which he studied osmosis. In addition to creating a method for measuring osmotic pressure, he proved that osmotic pressure depends on the size of those molecules too large to pass through the membrane.

  6. Jun 11, 2018 · People. Science and Technology. Horticulture: Biographies. Wilhelm Pfeffer. Pfeffer, Wilhelm Friedrich Philipp. views 1,863,303 updated Jun 11 2018. PFEFFER, WILHELM FRIEDRICH PHILIPP. ( b. Grebenstein, near Kassel, Germany, 9 March 1845; d. Leipzig, Germany, 31 January 1920) botany, chemistry.

  7. Botany & Plant Sciences. This is the first English translation of Professor Bünning's biography of the outstanding 19th century German plant physiologist, Wilhelm Pfeffer who, one ...

  8. Mar 9, 2023 · On March 9, 1845 , German botanist and plant physiologist Wilhelm Pfeffer was born. Pfeffer’s work on osmotic pressure made him a pioneer in the study of plant physiology. With Julius von Sachs, he was a leader in systematizing the fundamentals of plant physiology.

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