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Ernst Heinrich Philipp August Haeckel ( German: [ɛʁnst ˈhɛkl̩]; 16 February 1834 – 9 August 1919) [1] was a German zoologist, naturalist, eugenicist, philosopher, physician, professor, marine biologist and artist. He discovered, described and named thousands of new species, mapped a genealogical tree relating all life forms and coined ...
- Recapitulation theory
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. He declared that ontogeny (the embryology and development of the individual) briefly, and ...
- Gloria Robinson
Ernst Haeckel, c. 1870. 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. His work concentrated on diverse marine ...
Haeckel believed that, over the course of time, evolution added new stages to produce new life forms. Thus, embryonic development was actually a record of evolutionary history. The single cell corresponded to amoeba-like ancestors, developing eventually into a sea squirt, a fish, and so on. Haeckel, who was adept at packaging and promoting his ...
Aug 3, 2019 · Learn about the life and work of Ernst Haeckel, a German biologist, naturalist, philosopher, and physician who recorded his microscopic findings with drawings, watercolors, and sketches. Discover how his colorful and stylized illustrations of plant life influenced science and art in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
Learn about Ernst Haeckel, a German philosopher, physician, naturalist, biologist and artist who coined many terms in zoology and popularized evolutionary theory. Discover his contributions, controversies, legacy and artwork in this comprehensive biography.
Feb 24, 2019 · The year 2019 marks the 100th anniversary of the death of Ernst Haeckel, a German zoologist, artist, and philosopher of science, who defended and supplemented Charles Darwin’s system of theories regarding the mechanisms of biological evolution. We briefly recapitulate Haeckel’s remarkable career and reproduce the Laudatio read by the President of the Linnean Society of London (1 July 1908 ...
