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Theodor Eimer
Born(1843-02-22)22 February 1843
Stäfa, canton of Zürich, Switzerland
Died29 May 1898(1898-05-29) (aged 55)
Tübingen, Germany
NationalityGerman
EducationUniversity of Tübingen, University of Freiburg, University of Würzburg (D.Phil.)
Known forOrthogenesis
SpouseAnna Lutteroth
Parent
  • Albertine Pfenniger (mother)
Scientific career
FieldsZoology
InstitutionsUniversity of Würzburg, University of Tübingen
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Gustav Heinrich Theodor Eimer (22 February 1843 – 29 May 1898) was a German zoologist. He was a popularizer of orthogenesis, a form of directed evolution through mutations that made use of Lamarckian principles.

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Gustav Heinrich Theodor Eimer (22 February 1843 – 29 May 1898) was a German zoologist. He was a popularizer of orthogenesis, a form of directed evolution...

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orthogenesis was introduced by Wilhelm Haacke in 1893 and popularized by Theodor Eimer five years later. Proponents of orthogenesis had rejected the theory...

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of a rabbit in 1674. The genus is named after the German zoologist Theodor Eimer (1843–1898). The Eimeria life cycle has an exogenous phase, during which...

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examination for his doctor's degree. His dissertation, supervised by Theodor Eimer, was on grass snake embryos. In 1894, Zenneck conducted zoological research...

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geologist, physician, and naturalist, who described new species of reptiles Theodor Eimer (1843–1898), German professor of zoology and comparative anatomy who...

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1809) May 22 – Edward Bellamy, American author (b. 1850) May 29 – Theodor Eimer, German zoologist (b. 1843) June 4 – Rosalie Olivecrona, Swedish feminist...

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Lamarckism

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evolution as an inherently progressive process. The German zoologist Theodor Eimer combined Larmarckism with ideas about orthogenesis, the idea that evolution...

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Evolution in Mendelian Populations

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those who postulated the inheritance of acquired characteristics (e.g. Theodor Eimer and Edward Drinker Cope) were concerned with heredity and sought a link...

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The eclipse of Darwinism

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unilinear fashion in a particular direction. The term was popularized by Theodor Eimer, a German zoologist, in his 1898 book On Orthogenesis: And the Impotence...

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was an opponent of Darwinism and was influenced by the research of Theodor Eimer. He specialised in Lepidoptera and Coleoptera especially of the Dutch...

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Geoffrey Eglinton Ehrenfest paradox – Paul Ehrenfest Eimer's organ – Gustav Heinrich Theodor Eimer Einstein Cross, effect, radius, ring, shift – Albert...

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Theodor Eimer, German zoologist (born 1843) 30 July – Otto von Bismarck, German politician, Chancellor of Germany (born 1815) 20 September – Theodor Fontane...

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Alternatives to Darwinian evolution

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such as Theodor Eimer's apparently simply biological. These theories often combined orthogenesis with other supposed mechanisms. For example, Eimer believed...

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Joseph Thomas Cunningham

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on the whole, in a more or less scientific spirit." He translated Theodor Eimer's Die Enstehung der Arten (1888) into English. Wikisource has original...

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Maria von Linden

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as she learned about Lamarckian evolution from the zoologist Theodor Eimer. Under Eimer's guidance, she completed her thesis in 1895; the subject of the...

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Gerhard Stoltenberg

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1989 Chancellor Helmut Kohl Preceded by Manfred Lahnstein Succeeded by Theodor Waigel Minister-President of Schleswig-Holstein In office 24 May 1971 –...

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Otto Graf Lambsdorff

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relevance today. The foundation's headquarters are located in Hamburg. 1978: Theodor Heuss Prize for his crisis management in the time of RAF-Terror 1978: Peace...

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