Haeckel

American  

[hek-uhl] / ˈhɛk əl /

noun

1. Ernst Heinrich 1834–1919, German biologist and philosopher of evolution.

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Haeckel British  

/ ˈhɛkəl /

noun

1. Ernst Heinrich (ɛrnst ˈhainrɪç). 1834–1919, German biologist and philosopher. He formulated the recapitulation theory of evolution and was an exponent of the philosophy of materialistic monism

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Haeckel Scientific  

/ hĕk′əl /

1. German naturalist who was the first to attempt a genealogical tree of all animals. He was also one of the first scientists to publicly support Darwin's theory of evolution. His own ideas about evolution attracted popular attention, and though they were later disproved, they helped to stimulate biological research.

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Other Word Forms

• Haeckelism
  noun
• Haeckelian
  adjective

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Haeckel

Color lithographs of marine organisms drawn by the 19th-century zoologist Ernst Haeckel offer magical views of fantastically intricate flora and fauna—a huge influence on Ms. Van Herpen.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 19, 2026

In 1881, the biologist Ernst Haeckel visited Sri Lanka and described the behavior: Not only did they crawl on the ground, he wrote, but they could also “spring to reach their victim.”

From New York Times ● Jun. 20, 2024

Ernst Haeckel, the famous naturalist and proponent of Darwinism, on his visit to Sri Lanka said the flora of the land reminded him of fossils from earlier geological ages.

From Salon ● Apr. 10, 2021

Biologist Thomas Huxley linked this murky sludge to the “little floating globules of slime,” or “organisms without organs,” that German scientist Ernst Haeckel had first observed, several years before, in the French Riviera.

From Slate ● Jul. 18, 2016

Humboldt has lived, and Darwin and Haeckel and Huxley, and the armies led by them, have changed the thought of the world.

From The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 11 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Miscellany by Robert Green Ingersoll