The year 2019 marks the 100th anniversary of the death of Ernst Haeckel, a German zoologist, artist, and philosopher of science, who defended and supplemented Charles Darwin’s system of theories regarding the mechanisms of biological evolution. We briefly recapitulate Haeckel’s remarkable career and reproduce the Laudatio read by the President of the Linnean Society of London (1 July 1908), when Haeckel was awarded the Darwin–Wallace Medal. Finally, we summarize the importance of Haeckel’s original concepts, insights, and theories with reference to our current knowledge in the areas of evolutionary biology, molecular phylogenetics, systematic zoology, and philosophical issues today.

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恩斯特·海克（Ernst Haeckel，1834-1919年）：德国达尔文及其对现代生物学的影响。

2019年是德国动物学家，艺术家和科学哲学家恩斯特·海克尔（Ernst Haeckel）逝世100周年，他捍卫并补充了查尔斯·达尔文（Charles Darwin）关于生物进化机制的理论体系。我们简要回顾了Haeckel的杰出事业，并复制了伦敦Linnean学会主席（1908年7月1日）朗诵的Laudatio，当时Haeckel被授予达尔文-华莱士奖章。最后，参考当今在进化生物学，分子系统发育学，系统动物学和哲学问题上的知识，我们总结了Haeckel的原始概念，见解和理论的重要性。