August Weismann

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German evolutionary biologist (1834-1914)

ScientistsLived 1834 to 1914 · aged 80

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Peak1890s

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August Friedrich Leopold Weismann was a German evolutionary biologist. Fellow German Ernst Mayr ranked him as the second most notable evolutionary theorist of the 19th century, after Charles Darwin. Weismann became the Director of the Zoological Institute and the first Professor of Zoology at Freiburg.

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Aufsätze über Vererbung und verwandte biologische Fragen, 1892

Awards 5

1910Foreign Member of the Royal Society

1908Darwin Medal

1908Darwin-Wallace Medal

1894Bavarian Maximilian Order for Science and Art

1876Cothenius Medal

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ChildJulius Weismann

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Victor AmbartsumianAlso won Cothenius Medal

Julian HuxleyAlso won Darwin-Wallace Medal

Henry Fairfield OsbornAlso won Darwin Medal

Joseph Dalton HookerAlso won Cothenius Medal

Ronald FisherAlso won Darwin Medal

Sven HedinAlso won Cothenius Medal