Viktor Hamburger
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Joel Garreau
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Roderick Murchison
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Jacques Monod
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German philosopher, biologist, artist, born on February 16, 1834, and died on August 9, 1919. Ernst Haeckel is renowned for his contributions to the fields of evolution, morphology, cytology, and the philosophy of natural sciences.