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THE name of August Weismann, the famous A professor of zoology in the University of Freiburg-im-Breisgau, the centenary of whose birth falls on January 17, will always be remembered as that of one who exercised a profound influence on the progress of biological doctrine and speculation. As a teacher of zoology Weismann achieved a far-reaching reputation; and by the students who worked under his direction, among whom, it may be remembered, was the late Prof. Gilbert Bourne of Oxford, his instruction was estimated at the highest value. But it was as an investigator and explorer of the methods of evolution that his influence was most widely felt, especially perhaps in Great Britain.
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D., F. August Weismann, 1834–1914. Nature 133, 54 (1934). https://doi.org/10.1038/133054a0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/133054a0