Ernst Haeckel as a botanist - reconstruction and contextualisation

恩斯特·海克尔作为植物学家——重建和情境化

• 批准号: 445538750
• 负责人: Dr. Thomas Bach
• 金额: --
• 依托单位: Ernst-Haeckel-Haus
• 依托单位国家: 德国
• 项目类别: Research Grants
• 资助国家: 德国
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://gepris.dfg.de/gepris/projekt/445538750?language=en
• 关键词: Ernst; Haeckel; botanist; reconstruction; contextualisation

Ernst Haeckel (1834–1919) did not only make outstanding contributions to Zoology and Evolutionary Biology, but also became an important propagator of Darwinism, an author of travel reports and an artist. Although he was mostly known as a zoologist, he started off into science with botany. This is documented by hitherto unpublished letters, diaries, drawings and his large, yet unexplored herbarium. The course of Haeckel’s botanical studies and its influence on his subsequent scientific career is only poorly understood. The main goal of the project is to investigate Haeckel’s botanical heritage for the first time. Based on material from the Ernst-Haeckel-Archive Jena (letters, diaries, manuscripts and drawings) and the Herbarium-Haussknecht Jena (Herbarium Ernst Haeckel) we will investigate the influence of Haeckel’s early botanical studies on his scientific career, mode of collecting and the style of his travel reports. At the Herbarium Haussknecht, a selection of Haeckel’s herbarium-specimens will be digitized in connection with plants mentioned in his letters and diaries. Based on this interdisciplinary cooperation, the project will explore a little known facet of Haeckel’s scientific activity and study his botanical studies in their historical context.

恩斯特·海克尔(Ernst Haeckel，1834-1919)不仅在动物学和进化生物学方面做出了杰出贡献，而且成为达尔文主义的重要传播者、游记作者和艺术家。虽然他主要是以动物学家的身份出名，但他从植物学开始进入科学领域。这是由迄今为止未发表的信件、日记、图画和他的大型但未被探索的植物标本所记录的。人们对海克尔的植物学研究历程及其对他后来的科学生涯的影响知之甚少。该项目的主要目标是首次调查海克尔的植物学遗产。根据耶拿文献(书信、日记、手稿和图纸)和耶拿植物博物馆(Ernst Haeckel)的材料，我们将调查海克尔早期植物学研究对他的科学生涯、收集方式和旅行报告风格的影响。在Haussknecht植物馆，海克尔的一批植物标本将被数字化，与他的信件和日记中提到的植物有关。在这种跨学科合作的基础上，该项目将探索海克尔鲜为人知的科学活动方面，并在其历史背景下研究他的植物学研究。