Julius Schaxel, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Julius Schaxel

German biologist

Date of Birth: 24-Mar-1887

Place of Birth: Augsburg, Bavaria, Germany

Date of Death: 15-Jul-1943

Profession: zoologist, biologist

Nationality: Germany

Zodiac Sign: Aries


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About Julius Schaxel

  • Julius Christoph Ehregott Schaxel (March 24, 1887 – July 15, 1943) was a German biologist who was a native of Augsburg. He initially studied biology, philosophy and psychology at Jena under Ernst Haeckel (1834–1919), then continued his education in Munich with Richard Hertwig (1850–1937).
  • In 1909 he obtained his PhD at the University of Jena under Ludwig Plate (1862–1937), where from 1918 until 1933, he worked as an associate professor of zoology.
  • During the rise of National Socialism, partly because of his Marxist views and partly owing to this Jewish heritage , he was dismissed from his position at Jena, and in 1933 emigrated to Switzerland, then relocating to Leningrad in the USSR, where he received a position at the Severtsov Evolution and Morphology Institute of the Soviet Academy of Sciences.
  • In 1934 he moved with the institute to Moscow. Schaxel specialized in the fields of developmental biology and theoretical biology.
  • He is remembered for his research involving limb regeneration and parabiosis of the Mexican axolotl (Ambystoma mexicanum).
  • He practiced biology from a Marxist philosophic standpoint, and was co-founder and editor of the journal Urania (1924 to 1933).
  • In its time, it was a popular magazine known for scientific articles within the framework of Marxist philosophy.

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