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Ernst Mayer (24 June 1796 [1] – 21 January 1844) was a German sculptor in the classical style. He was a pupil of Antonio Isopi and worked for Leo von Klenze , mainly in Munich where in 1830 he became Professor of Sculpture at the Polytechnic, now the Technical University .
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Ernst Walter Mayr (/ ˈ m aɪər / MYRE, German: [ɛʁnst ˈmaɪɐ]; 5 July 1904 – 3 February 2005) [1] [2] was a German-American evolutionary biologist. He was also a renowned taxonomist , tropical explorer, ornithologist , philosopher of biology , and historian of science . [ 3 ]
This concept Ernst Mayr proposes here is now commonly referred to as the biological species concept. The biological species concept defines a species in terms of biological factors such as reproduction , taking into account ecology, geography, and life history; it remains an important and useful idea in biology, particularly for animal ...
Biologists, however, have not limited their application of the term neo-Darwinism to the historical synthesis. For example, Ernst Mayr wrote in 1984 that: The term neo-Darwinism for the synthetic theory [of the early 20th century] is sometimes considered wrong, because the term neo-Darwinism was coined by Romanes in 1895 as a designation of Weismann's theory.
His goal, however, was to be a history painter and, in 1819, he competed for a gold medal with a work depicting Joseph and Pharaoh. He failed to win and, at the urging of friends, took time off to travel. He returned in 1821, competed and lost again, removed all of his works from the academy's gallery and gave up history painting.
'Zig-Zag Houses' in Frankfurt. Ernst Georg May (27 July 1886 – 11 September 1970) was a German architect and city planner.. May successfully applied urban design techniques to the city of Frankfurt am Main during the Weimar Republic period, and in 1930 less successfully exported those ideas to Soviet Union cities, newly created under Stalinist rule.
Ernst Meyer may refer to: Ernst Heinrich Friedrich Meyer (1791–1858), German botanist; Ernst Meyer (painter) (1797–1861), Danish painter; Ernst Meyer (Swedish politician) (1847–1925), Swedish politician; Ernst Meyer (German politician) (1887–1930), German Communist Party leader; Ernst Meyer (historian) (1898–1975), German ancient ...