Ludwig Hermann Plate, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Ludwig Hermann Plate

German zoologist

Date of Birth: 16-Aug-1862

Place of Birth: Bremen, Germany

Date of Death: 16-Nov-1937

Profession: zoologist, university teacher, malacologist

Nationality: German Empire

Zodiac Sign: Leo

Ludwig Hermann Plate (16 August 1862 – 16 November 1937) was a German zoologist and disciple of Ernst Haeckel.
He wrote a "thorough and extensive defence" of Darwinism, but before Mendel's work had been assimilated in the modern synthesis.He was born in Bremen.
He studied the natural sciences in Jena where he attended the lectures of Ernst Haeckel.
He studied zoology at University of Marburg.
He was offered the Chair of Zoology at Jena University through the help of Haeckel.
He coined the term Pleiotropy.