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Ernst Haeckel
1834-1919
German Embryologist
Ernst Haeckel was among the first German biologists to adopt Charles Darwin's ideas about evolution in the latter half of the nineteenth century. He ...
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Ernst Heinrich Philipp August Haeckel (1834 – 1919) German Naturalist, Scientist, Biologist, Philosopher, and Professor
Ernst Haeckel was born in Potsdam, Germany. As a young boy he was interes...
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Haeckel, Ernst Heinrich(1834–1919)
Ernst Heinrich Haeckel, the German zoologist and monist philosopher, was born in Potsdam. He studied medicine and science at Würzburg, Berlin, and Vien...
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The German biologist and natural philosopher Ernst Heinrich Philipp August Haeckel (1834-1919) was famous for his work in evolutionary theory, especially the construction of phylogenetic trees. In the...
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Ernst Haeckel was a naturalist who spent much of his career examining the relationship between evolutionary development (phylogeny) and the development of the embryo (ontogeny). Although the pursuit o...
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Ernst Haeckel was born in Potsdam, Germany, the son of a Prussian government official. After graduating from the cathedral gymnasium in Merseberg in 1852, he entered the University of Berlin as medica...
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Ernst Haeckel was a naturalist who spent much of his career examining the relationship between evolutionary development (phylogeny) and the development of the embryo (ontogeny). Although the pursuit o...
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In the following essay, a critic assesses Systematische Phylogenie.
The fundamental idea of a general phylogeny of the world of organic forms was broached by Professor Haeckel in 1866 in his General M...
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In the following excerpt, Gillis critiques Haeckel's Monism and his presentation of it, treating the former as a variety of religious dogma and the latter as an often dishonest attempt to make ...
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In the following excerpt, Thomas and Thomas offer an account of Haeckel's professional and personal life .
"In a recent microscopical lecture," wrote Haeckel to his parents during...
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In the following review of The Wonders of Life, Cockerell critiques Haeckel's account of man's origins, and treats Monism as a form of religious faith.
The veteran professor of Jena gave...
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In the following review of The Evolution of Man, Pycraft presents Haeckel's work as a complement to that of Darwin and Huxley.
The problem of the origin of life, and of man in particular, has a...
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In the following review of The Evolution of Man, a critic faults Haeckel for making broad and often unsubstantiated claims.
In the two stately and richly illustrated volumes before us we have a transl...
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In the following essay, Gauss combines a review of Last Words on Evolution with an assessment of Haeckel's career.
Ernst Haeckel has now reached the biblical years of three-score and ten, and t...
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In the following review of The Evolution of Man, Voorhees offers a positive appraisal of the work, in spite of what he considers Haeckel's penchant for digression and speculation.
The venerable...
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In the following excerpt, Slosson presents a wide-ranging biographical sketch of Haeckel, by turns laudatory and critical, which views his work and thought in the context of his personal life.
Monist...
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In the following review of The Story of the Development of a Youth, Smertenko considers the book as a key to understanding the later Haeckel.
"Exactly that which people despise and tread under ...
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In the following excerpt, Harris offers his personal recollections of an encounter with Haeckel, as well as a chance meeting with the latter's translator.
"Knowledge is unattainable, in ...
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