Today in Labor History February 16, 1834: Ernst Haeckel was born. He was a zoologist, physician, artist, and one of the earliest proponents of Darwin’s theory of evolution by natural selection. He discovered and named thousands of organisms. He coined the terms: Ecology, phylum, phylogeny and protista. Haeckel made beautiful drawings of thousands of plant, animal and marine organisms, collected in his book, “Kunstformen der Natur” (Art Forms of Nature). His biological drawings influenced the art nouveau movement. His books were banned by the Nazis, yet he was a eugenicist and a supporter of scientific racism and Social Darwinism, views which contributed to the rise of Nazism.

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Today in Labor History February 16, 1834: Ernst Haeckel was born. He was a zoologist, physician, artist, and one of the earliest proponents of Darwin’s theory of evolution by natural selection. He discovered and named thousands of organisms. He coined the terms: Ecology, phylum, phylogeny and protista. Haeckel made beautiful drawings of thousands of plant, animal and marine organisms, collected in his book, “Kunstformen der Natur” (Art Forms of Nature). His biological drawings influenced the art nouveau movement. His books were banned by the Nazis, yet he was a eugenicist and a supporter of scientific racism and Social Darwinism, views which contributed to the rise of Nazism.

#art #science #fascism #nazis #eugenics #Ernsthaeckel #evolution