Wilhelm Haacke
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Johann Wilhelm Haacke was a German zoologist born in Clenze
, Lower Saxony
.
He studied zoology at the University of Jena, earning his doctorate in 1878. Afterwards he worked as an assistant at the Universities of Jena
and Kiel
. In 1881 he emigrated to New Zealand, and from 1882-84 was director of the Natural History Museum in Adelaide
, Australia.
From 1888 to 1893 he was director of the zoo in Frankfurt-am-Main, and afterwards taught school at Darmstadt University of Technology
. He died in Lüneburg
on December 6, 1912.
Haacke is remembered for research of oviparity
in monotremes, and studies involving the morphology
of jellyfish
and corals. In 1893 he coined the evolutionary term "orthogenesis
".
Clenze
Clenze is a municipality in the district Lüchow-Dannenberg, in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is situated approx. 20 km northwest of Salzwedel, and 25 km east of Uelzen....
, Lower Saxony
Lower Saxony
Lower Saxony is a German state situated in north-western Germany and is second in area and fourth in population among the sixteen states of Germany...
.
He studied zoology at the University of Jena, earning his doctorate in 1878. Afterwards he worked as an assistant at the Universities of Jena
Jena
Jena is a university city in central Germany on the river Saale. It has a population of approx. 103,000 and is the second largest city in the federal state of Thuringia, after Erfurt.-History:Jena was first mentioned in an 1182 document...
and Kiel
University of Kiel
The University of Kiel is a university in the city of Kiel, Germany. It was founded in 1665 as the Academia Holsatorum Chiloniensis by Christian Albert, Duke of Holstein-Gottorp and has approximately 23,000 students today...
. In 1881 he emigrated to New Zealand, and from 1882-84 was director of the Natural History Museum in Adelaide
Adelaide
Adelaide is the capital city of South Australia and the fifth-largest city in Australia. Adelaide has an estimated population of more than 1.2 million...
, Australia.
From 1888 to 1893 he was director of the zoo in Frankfurt-am-Main, and afterwards taught school at Darmstadt University of Technology
Darmstadt University of Technology
The Technische Universität Darmstadt, abbreviated TU Darmstadt, is a university in the city of Darmstadt, Germany...
. He died in Lüneburg
Lüneburg
Lüneburg is a town in the German state of Lower Saxony. It is located about southeast of fellow Hanseatic city Hamburg. It is part of the Hamburg Metropolitan Region, and one of Hamburg's inner suburbs...
on December 6, 1912.
Haacke is remembered for research of oviparity
Oviparity
Oviparous animals are animals that lay eggs, with little or no other embryonic development within the mother. This is the reproductive method of most fish, amphibians, reptiles, all birds, the monotremes, and most insects, some molluscs and arachnids....
in monotremes, and studies involving the morphology
Morphology (biology)
In biology, morphology is a branch of bioscience dealing with the study of the form and structure of organisms and their specific structural features....
of jellyfish
Jellyfish
Jellyfish are free-swimming members of the phylum Cnidaria. Medusa is another word for jellyfish, and refers to any free-swimming jellyfish stages in the phylum Cnidaria...
and corals. In 1893 he coined the evolutionary term "orthogenesis
Orthogenesis
Orthogenesis, orthogenetic evolution, progressive evolution or autogenesis, is the hypothesis that life has an innate tendency to evolve in a unilinear fashion due to some internal or external "driving force". The hypothesis is based on essentialism and cosmic teleology and proposes an intrinsic...
".
Selected publications
- Die Schöpfung der Tierwelt, (1893)
- Gestaltung und Vererbung. Eine Entwickelungsmechanik der Organismen, (1893)
- Die Schöpfung of Menschen und seiner Ideal. Ein Versuch zur Versöhnung zwischen Religion und Wissenschaft, (1895)
- Aus der Schöpfungswerkstatt, (1897)
- Grundriss der Entwickelungsmechanik…, (1897)