Ernst Haeckel, an early supporter of Darwin’s…
1867 CE
From 1866 to 1867, Haeckel has made an extended journey to the Canary Islands with Hermann Fol and during this period, had met with Charles Darwin, in 1866 at Down House in Kent, Thomas Huxley and Charles Lyell.
Ernst Haeckel was born on February 16, 1834, in Potsdam (then part of Prussia).
In 1852, Haeckel had completed studies at Cathedral High School (Domgymnasium) of Merseburg, then studied medicine in Berlin and Würzburg, particularly with Albert von Kölliker, Franz Leydig, Rudolf Virchow (with whom he would later work briefly as assistant), and with anatomist-physiologist Johannes Peter Müller (1801–1858).
Together with Hermann Steudner, he had attended botany lectures in Würzburg.
In 1857, Haeckel had attained a doctorate in medicine (M.D.), and afterwards had received a license to practice medicine.
The occupation of physician appeared less worthwhile to Haeckel, after contact with suffering patients.
Haeckel had studied under Karl Gegenbaur at the University of Jena for three years, earning a doctorate in zoology, before becoming a professor of comparative anatomy at the University of Jena, where he will remain for forty-seven years, from 1862 to 1909.
Between 1859 and 1866, Haeckel has worked on many invertebrate groups, including radiolarians, poriferans (sponges) and annelids (segmented worms).
During a trip to the Mediterranean, Haeckel had named nearly one hundred and fifty new species of radiolarians; he will name thousands of new species of various genera from 1859 to 1887.
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