Ernst Haeckel
At a glance:
- Series: Dictionary of World Biography: The 19th Century
- Categories: Philosophy, Science
- Subcategories: Biology, Biologists, Scientists, Animals, Endangered Species, Zoology, Natural History
- Curriculum: 20th & 21st Century European History, 19th Century European History, German History
Article abstract: Haeckel studied and classified many marine organisms, especially the radiolaria and the medusae. He is most noted for his refinement of Charles Darwin’s theory of evolution, its extension to mankind and the origin of life, the refinement of the biogenetic law, and the development of monism as a religion.
Early Life
Ernst Heinrich Philipp August Haeckel was born in Potsdam, Prussia, on February 16, 1834, to Karl Haeckel and Charlotte Sethe Haeckel. Both the Haeckel and Sethe families contributed prominently to German history and...
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