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Ernst Heinrich Philipp August Haeckel (German: [ɛʁnst ˈhɛkl̩]; 16 February 1834 – 9 August 1919) was a German zoologist, naturalist, eugenicist, philosopher, physician, professor, marine biologist and artist.
Ernst Haeckel (born Feb. 16, 1834, Potsdam, Prussia [Germany]—died Aug. 9, 1919, Jena, Ger.) was a German zoologist and evolutionist who was a strong proponent of Darwinism and who proposed new notions of the evolutionary descent of human beings.
The evolutionary study of embryos reached a peak in the late 1800s thanks primarily to the efforts of one extraordinarily gifted, though not entirely honest, scientist named Ernst Haeckel (left).
Ernst Haeckel, (born Feb. 16, 1834, Potsdam, Prussia—died Aug. 9, 1919, Jena, Ger.), German zoologist and evolutionist. After receiving a degree in medicine in 1857, he obtained a doctorate in zoology from the University of Jena, and from 1862 to 1909 he taught zoology at Jena.
Feb 24, 2019 · The German biologist and artist Ernst Heinrich Philipp August Haeckel (1834–1919) (Fig. 1) was a key figure during the early years of the “First Darwinian revolution”, a time period when the foundation for the development of our modern evolutionary view of the biosphere was laid.
Ernst Heinrich Philipp August Haeckel (February 16, 1834 - 1919) was a philosopher, professor, physician, naturalist, biologist and artist. Early Life: Ernst Heinrich Philipp August Haeckel was born on 16th February 1834 in Potsdam, Germany.
Dec 16, 2019 · The German zoologist Ernst Haeckel (1834–1919) was arguably the most influential champion of Darwin’s theory of evolution on the European continent and one of the most significant worldwide.
Jul 6, 2015 · Haeckel’s embryos: the images that would not go away. A new book tells, for the first time in full, the extraordinary story of drawings of embryos initially published in 1868. The artist was accused of fraud – but, copied and recopied, his images gained iconic status as evidence of evolution.
Jun 16, 2010 · Ernst Heinrich Philipp August Haeckel was a prominent comparative anatomist and active lecturer in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. He is most well known for his descriptions of phylogenetic trees, studies of radiolarians, and illustrations of vertebrate embryos to support his biogenetic law and Darwin’s work with evolution.
E rnst Haeckel was among the first German biologists to adopt Charles Darwin's ideas about evolution in the latter half of the nineteenth century. He popularized evolutionary thought on the European continent and added many novel concepts to biology and the social sciences.
