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Karl Ernst von Baer

(1792–1876) Explorer

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Karl Ernst von Baer was an explorer.

Quick Facts About Karl Ernst von Baer

Born: February 17, 1792
Died: November 16, 1876
Profession: Explorer

About Karl Ernst von Baer

[Wikidata] Baltic German scientist (1792-1876)... | [Wikipedia] Karl Ernst Ritter von Baer Edler von Huthorn was a Baltic German scientist and explorer. Baer was a naturalist, biologist, geologist, meteorologist, geographer, and is considered a, or the, founding father of embryology. He was a member of the Russian Academy of Sciences, a co-founder of the Russian

Quotes by Karl Ernst von Baer

The distinguishing of the strata, or layers, in the embryonic membrane was a turning-point in the study of the history of evolution,…

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Animal

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The development of the Vertebrate proceeds from an axis upward, in two layers, which coalesce at the edges, and also downward, in…

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Axes

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The History of Evolution is the real source of light in the investigation of organic bodies. It is applicable at every step,…

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Biology

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Know thyself! This is the source of all wisdom, said the great thinkers of the past, and the sentence was written in…

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Creatures

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All new ideas pass through three stages: first they are dismissed as nonsense, then they are rejected as being against religion and…

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Against religion

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