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 Genera...
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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 dur...
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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 g...
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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, ha...
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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 tra...
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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, an...
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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 venera...
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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.
Mon...
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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 und...
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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, ...
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Ernst Haeckel
Ernst Heinrich Philipp August Haeckel (1834 – 1919) German Naturalist, Scientist, Biologist, Philosopher, and Professor
Haeckel, Ernst Heinrich (1834–1919)
Ernst Heinrich Philipp August Haeckel
Ernst Heinrich Haeckel
Ernst Heinrich Philipp August Haeckel
Ernst Heinrich Haeckel
Critical Essay by The Monist
