Ernst Haeckel

 𝐄𝐫𝐧𝐬𝐭 𝐇𝐞𝐢𝐧𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐡 𝐏𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐩𝐩 𝐀𝐮𝐠𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐇𝐚𝐞𝐜𝐤𝐞𝐥 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 𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐲 𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐦𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐛𝐢𝐨𝐥𝐨𝐠𝐲, including 𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐥𝐨𝐠𝐲,𝐩𝐡𝐲𝐥𝐮𝐦,𝐩𝐡𝐲𝐥𝐨𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐲, and 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐭𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐚.Haeckel 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐦𝐨𝐭𝐞𝐝 and 𝐩𝐨𝐩𝐮𝐥𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐥𝐞𝐬 𝐃𝐚𝐫𝐰𝐢𝐧'𝐬 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤 in 𝐆𝐞𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐲 and 𝐝𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐥𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐝 the 𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐚𝐩𝐢𝐭𝐮𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐨𝐫𝐲 ("𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐨𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐲 𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐚𝐩𝐢𝐭𝐮𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐬 𝐩𝐡𝐲𝐥𝐨𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐲").

Ernst Haeckel was born on 𝟏𝟔 𝐅𝐞𝐛𝐫𝐮𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝟏𝟖𝟑𝟒, in 𝐏𝐨𝐭𝐬𝐝𝐚𝐦.Haeckel studied under  𝐂𝐚𝐫𝐥 𝐆𝐞𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐛𝐚𝐮𝐫 at the 𝐔𝐧𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐉𝐞𝐧𝐚 for 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐞𝐞 𝐲𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐬. In 𝟏𝟖𝟔𝟏 he earned a 𝐡𝐚𝐛𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 in 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐨𝐦𝐲 and became a 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐟𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐨𝐫 𝐨𝐟 𝐳𝐨𝐨𝐥𝐨𝐠𝐲 at the 𝐔𝐧𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐚𝐭 𝐉𝐞𝐧𝐚, where he remained for 𝟒𝟕 𝐲𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐬, from 𝟏𝟖𝟔𝟐 to 𝟏𝟗𝟎𝟗.𝐇𝐚𝐞𝐜𝐤𝐞𝐥 worked on many phyla, like 𝐫𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐨𝐥𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐧𝐬, 𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐬 (𝐬𝐩𝐨𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐬) and 𝐚𝐧𝐧𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐝𝐬 (𝐬𝐞𝐠𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐬)..During a trip to the 𝐌𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐞𝐚𝐧, Haeckel 𝐧𝐚𝐦𝐞𝐝 nearly 𝟏𝟓𝟎 𝐧𝐞𝐰 𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐢𝐞𝐬 of 𝐫𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐨𝐥𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐧𝐬.He also 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐞𝐝 the 𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐝𝐨𝐦 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐭𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐚 in 𝟏𝟖𝟔𝟔.In 𝟏𝟗𝟎𝟕 he had a 𝐦𝐮𝐬𝐞𝐮𝐦 built in 𝐉𝐞𝐧𝐚 to 𝐭𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐮𝐛𝐥𝐢𝐜 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐞𝐯𝐨𝐥𝐮𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧.The 𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐟𝐢𝐬𝐡, 𝐇𝐚𝐫𝐫𝐢𝐨𝐭𝐭𝐚 𝐡𝐚𝐞𝐜𝐤𝐞𝐥𝐢 is 𝐧𝐚𝐦𝐞𝐝 in 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐡𝐨𝐧𝐨𝐫.

The published artwork of Haeckel includes over 𝟏𝟎𝟎 𝐝𝐞𝐭𝐚𝐢𝐥𝐞𝐝, 𝐦𝐮𝐥𝐭𝐢-𝐜𝐨𝐥𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐦𝐚𝐥𝐬 and 𝐬𝐞𝐚 𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞𝐬, collected in his 𝐊𝐮𝐧𝐬𝐭𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐞𝐧 𝐝𝐞𝐫 𝐍𝐚𝐭𝐮𝐫 ("𝐀𝐫𝐭 𝐅𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐍𝐚𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞"), a book which would go on to influence the 𝐀𝐫𝐭 𝐍𝐨𝐮𝐯𝐞𝐚𝐮 𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐜 𝐦𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭.

Haeckel died on 𝟗 𝐀𝐮𝐠𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝟏𝟗𝟏𝟗.