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Birth of Ernst Haeckel
Ernst Haeckel was born in Potsdam, Germany. -
Ernst Haeckel Educational Background
He completed high school at Cathedral High School. -
Ernst Haeckel Personal Life
Ernst Haeckel travelled to Italy where he painted, and considered art as a career. -
Ernst Haeckel Educational Background
Studied medicine at the University of Würzburg, Vienna and the University of Würzburg, Berlin where he obtained his doctorate of medicine. -
Ernst Haeckel Educational Background
At The University of Jena he completed a dissertation in zoology and became privatdozent. -
Ernst Haeckel Personal Life
In 1862 he was appointed extraordinary professor of zoology at the University of Jena. -
Ernst Haeckel Major Work
From 1865 to 1909 he carried out his major work and wrote his General Morphology of Organisms. -
Birth of Thomas Morgan
Born in Lexington, Kentucky. -
Ernst Haeckel Personal Life
Married his wife Agnes Huschke. -
Ernst Haeckel Personal Life
His son, Walter, was born. -
Ernst Haeckel Personal Life
His daughter, Elizabth, was born. -
Ernst Haeckel Personal Life
His daughter, Emma, was born. -
Education of Thomas Morgan
Educated at the University of Kentucky and got his Bachelor Science Degree. -
Education of Thomas Morgan
Obtained his Ph.D. at John Hopkins University. -
Thomas Morgan Personal Life
Awarded the Adam Bruce Fellowship award. -
Thomas Morgan Personal Life
He married his wife Lilian Vaughan Sampson, they had 2 children together. -
Thomas Morgan Major Work
At Columbia University he studied the difference in Fruit Flies through a microscope. He preformed a breeding analysis to figure out why traits of the fruit fly were inherited the way they were. -
Ernst Haeckel Social/Political
His evolutionism laid the foundation for German militarism that contributed to World War I. It was said that he He became one of Germany’s major ideologists for racism, nationalism, and imperialism -
Thomas Morgan Personal Life
Morgan was made a Foreign Member of the Royal Society of London. -
Ernst Haeckel Death
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Thomas Morgan Personal Life
Awarded the Darwin Medal. -
Thomas Morgan Personal Life
He was awarded the Nobel Prize for his discoveries about the chromosome in heredity. -
Thomas Morgan Personal Life
Awarded The Copley Medal of the Society. -
Thomas Morgan Social/Political
Thomas Morgan was alive during World War II. It began in 1939, and ended in 1945; the year of Thomas Morgans death. There is no evidence that the war directly affected his personal life. -
Thomas Morgan Death
Thomas Morgan died of a heart attack.
