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Ernst Heinrich Haeckel
(1834-1919)
German biologist, originally a physician in Berlin, became
Privatdozent at Jena, afterward extraordinary professor of
comparative anatomy, later professor of zoology, a chair
established for him at Jena. This position he occupied for 43 years with
intervals for zoological travels to various parts of the world. When
Darwin's Origin of the Species appeared in 1859, Haeckel was deeply
influenced by it, so that he became "the apostle of Darwinism in Germany."
Among Haeckel's famous books are his
General Morphology (1866),
Natural History of Creation (1867) and
Die Weltraetsel (1899),
English title,
The Riddle of the Universe, publ. 1901. By his 60th birthday Haeckel had
published 42 works of some 13,000 pages, plus many monographs. Rudolf
Steiner knew Haeckel personally, and in his autobiography, Chapter 15,
Steiner recorded a very interesting and perceptive impression of the
great scientist. The "genealogical tree" of Haeckel to which Steiner
refers is set forth in its original form in Haeckel's General Morphology
and developed in his later writings.
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