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Weismann, August Friedrich Leopold
Frankfurt a. M., Germany
17.01.1834
Freiburg i. Br., Germany
05.11.1914 |
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Studies of medicine at the University of Göttingen under Wöhler, Siebold, Lotze and Henle; 1856 medical degree with a dissertation on the formation of hippuric acid in the organism; assistant in a clinical hospital in Rostock; private assistant to Schulze; 1858 examinations and medical practice; 1859 field doctor in Italy; 1861 two months at the University of Giessen under R. Leuckart; again medical practice in Frankfurt; 1861-1863 private physician of the archduke Stephan of Austria at Schaumburg Castle; 1863 Habilitation from the University of Freiburg; Privatdozent of comparative anatomy and zoology; 1866 extraordinary professor; 1874 full professor; first holder of the chair of zoology at the University of Freiburg; during the winter of 1881-1882 at the Naples zoological station; 1912 retirement as professor emeritus; Ph.D. honoris causa from the University of Freiburg (1879), doctor of common law from the University of Oxford, doctor of botany from the University of Utrecht and other honorary titles. |
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Weismann, August Friedrich Leopold. 1883. Die Entstehung der Sexualzellen bei den Hydromedusen: Zugleich ein Beitrag zur Kenntniss des Baues und der Lebenserscheinungen dieser Gruppe. Jena: G. Fischer
Weismann, August Friedrich Leopold. 1868. Über die Berechtigung der Darwin'schen Theorie: Ein akademischer Vortrag gehalten am 8. Juli 1868 in der Aula der Universität zu Freiburg im Breisgau. Leipzig: Engelmann
Weismann, August Friedrich Leopold. 1892. Das Keimplasma: Eine Theorie der Vererbung. Jena: G. Fischer
Weismann, August Friedrich Leopold. 1902. Vorträge über Descendenztheorie: Gehalten an der Universität zu Freiburg im Breisgau. Jena: G. Fischer
Weismann, August Friedrich Leopold. 1872. Ueber den Einfluss der Isolierung auf die Artbildung. Leipzig: Engelmann |
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Schmidt ; DSB ; Image: Museum für Naturkunde, Berlin: Collection of Portraits - HBSB ZM B I/236 |
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