Haeckel in Holland. Nederlandse correspondentie aan een Duits darwinist en monist

Abstract

Haeckel in Holland. Dutch correspondence to a German Darwinist and monist Over 250 letters and postcards were sent from the Netherlands to the German Darwinist and monist Ernst Haeckel (1834-1919). Among the senders were Dutch scientists, German scientists (with a chair at a L5utch university), pseudo-scientists, translators and admirers. In most of the correspondence, an optimistic and positive attitude towards the ideas and works of the German zoologist can be discerned. Yet this cannot be said of the general reception of Haeckel's ideas and works in the Netherlands where opinions were much divided.