biography
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Haeckel, Ernst (Heinrich Philipp August)
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pronunciation:
[haykl]
| sex:
| male
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| lived:
| (1834–1919)
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| biography:
| Naturalist, born in Potsdam, EC Germany. He studied at Würzburg, Berlin, and Vienna, and became professor of zoology at Jena (1862–1909). One of the first to sketch the genealogical tree of animals, he strongly supported Darwin's theories of evolution. |
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