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August Weismann: Works, Life & Contributions to evolutionary biology

August Friedrich Leopold Weismann (German: ; 17 January 1834 – 5 November 1914) was a German evolutionary biologist. Fellow German Ernst Mayr ranked him as the second most notable evolutionary theorist of the 19th century, after Charles Darwin. Weismann became the Director of the Zoological Institute and the first Professor of Zoology at Freiburg.

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August Weismann topic overview

The analysis highlights Works, Life and Contributions to evolutionary biology as prominent areas in the source structure around August Weismann.

Related topics
69
Source areas
6
Connected nodes
81
Extracted relationships
57
Concept neighborhoods
22
Bridge connections
81

What this topic covers Research coverage

Source areas are shown by the number of related topics found in each part of the analysis. Use smaller areas too: they can reveal specialized angles and content gaps.

Contributions to evolutionary biology · 23 topics
Life · 23 topics
Overview · 14 topics
Awards and honors · 7 topics
Family · 1 topics
Publications · 1 topics

Smaller areas are not necessarily less important. They contain fewer connections in this analysis and can be useful for finding specialized angles or coverage gaps.

Key facts & relationships

High-confidence facts extracted from structured source data. Use them as anchors for further research.

Known for
Germ plasm theory
Education
University of Göttingen
Born
(1834-01-17)17 January 1834 Frankfurt am Main, German Confederation
Died
5 November 1914(1914-11-05) (aged 80) Freiburg, German Empire

Explore all related topics Closing gaps

Browse the complete topic structure, not only the most central items. Less prominent entities and concepts can reveal missing angles, specialized context and useful research gaps. Each item opens a new analysis centered on that subject.

Overview

Life

Family

Contributions to evolutionary biology

Awards and honors

Publications

Sources

Advanced semantic analysis

Deeper signals for content research, entity SEO and topical coverage. The plain-language headings explain what each technical view is useful for.

How August Weismann connects Entity context

The extracted context around August Weismann shows recurring relationship patterns in the source. For example, August Weismann → An Examination, August Weismanns Leben, Berichte, BF00149777, Biology, Breisgau, Churchill, December, Dokumenten, Frankfurt, Frederick, Freiburg, Freiburger Universitätsblätter Heft, Genetik, George John, Gregor Johann Mendel, Hertwig, History, In, ISBN Another extracted example is August Weismann → Century Press Archives, History, Internet ArchiveBiography, Max Planck Institute, Media, Project GutenbergWorks, ScienceNewspaper, Virtual Laboratory, Wikimedia Commons Works, WikisourceWorks, Wiktionary-logo-en-v2, ZBW. Use these groups to spot repeated connection types before inspecting the individual relationships.

August Weismann

Top relations

related to Sources · 39
August Weismann → An Examination, August Weismanns Leben, Berichte, BF00149777, Biology, Breisgau, Churchill, December, Dokumenten, Frankfurt, Frederick, Freiburg, Freiburger Universitätsblätter Heft, Genetik, George John, Gregor Johann Mendel, Hertwig, History, In, ISBN
related to External links · 12
August Weismann → Century Press Archives, History, Internet ArchiveBiography, Max Planck Institute, Media, Project GutenbergWorks, ScienceNewspaper, Virtual Laboratory, Wikimedia Commons Works, WikisourceWorks, Wiktionary-logo-en-v2, ZBW
Born · 1
August Weismann → (1834-01-17)17 January 1834 Frankfurt am Main, German Confederation
Died · 1
August Weismann → 5 November 1914(1914-11-05) (aged 80) Freiburg, German Empire
Education · 1
August Weismann → University of Göttingen
Known for · 1
August Weismann → Germ plasm theory

Important terminology

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Important terminology

weismann der work inheritance cells theory weismann's germ century evolutionary one freiburg die jena german plasm fischer first über august

August Weismann relationships Subject–Predicate–Object triples

TTTA extracted 57 structured relationships around August Weismann. Examples in this analysis include August Weismann → Born → (1834-01-17)17 January 1834 Frankfurt am Main, German Confederation and August Weismann → Died → 5 November 1914(1914-11-05) (aged 80) Freiburg, German Empire. The table shows each extracted connection, where it came from and its confidence.

SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
August WeismannBorn(1834-01-17)17 January 1834 Frankfurt am Main, German Confederation1.00infobox
August WeismannDied5 November 1914(1914-11-05) (aged 80) Freiburg, German Empire1.00infobox
August WeismannEducationUniversity of Göttingen1.00infobox
August WeismannKnown forGerm plasm theory1.00infobox
egg cellsinstance ofthe gametes0.80text
sperm cellsinstance ofthe gametes0.80text
August Weismannrelated to External linksWiktionary-logo-en-v20.60section
August Weismannrelated to External linksMedia0.60section
August Weismannrelated to External linksWikimedia Commons Works0.60section
August Weismannrelated to External linksWikisourceWorks0.60section
August Weismannrelated to External linksProject GutenbergWorks0.60section
August Weismannrelated to External linksInternet ArchiveBiography0.60section

Related concept clusters Concept neighborhoods

The concept neighborhoods around August Weismann bring nearby vocabulary together. In this analysis, examples include Und, Weismann and Evolution. Use the clusters to find adjacent concepts and terminology that may deserve separate research.

  • evolutionary biologist
    • German
    • Darwin
    • Theory
    • Evolution
    • Weismann
    • Work
    • Also
    • Main
    • 19th
    • Biologists
    • Time
    • University
  • germ cells
    • Plasm
    • Somatic
    • Cells
    • Germ
    • Theory
    • Inheritance
    • Main
    • Gametes
    • One
    • Work
    • Also
    • Weismann
  • contributions to evolutionary biology
    • German
    • Darwin
    • Theory
    • Evolution
    • Weismann
    • Work
    • Also
    • Main
    • 19th
    • Biologists
    • Time
    • University
  • inheritance of acquired characteristics
    • Acquired
    • Inheritance
    • Idea
    • Cells
    • One
    • Weismann's
    • Main
    • Theory
    • Plasm
    • Somatic
    • Weismann
    • First
  • inheritance of acquired traits
    • Acquired
    • Inheritance
    • Idea
    • Cells
    • One
    • Weismann's
    • Main
    • Theory
    • Plasm
    • Somatic
    • Weismann
    • First
  • germ plasm theory
    • Plasm
    • Cells
    • Theory
    • Main
    • Somatic
    • Inheritance
    • Weismann's
    • Also
    • Gametes
    • Time
    • University
    • Work
  • somatic cells
    • Somatic
    • Germ
    • Plasm
    • Theory
    • Inheritance
    • Gametes
    • Main
    • One
    • Work
    • Weismann
    • Idea
    • Meiosis
  • mendelian inheritance
    • Acquired
    • Cells
    • Idea
    • One
    • Weismann's
    • Main
    • Theory
    • Plasm
    • Weismann
    • Work
    • Gametes
    • Meiosis

Connections between topic areas Semantic bridges

For August Weismann, one of the stronger structural bridges in this analysis connects August Weismann with Life. Bridges highlight paths between different parts of the map and can reveal research angles that are easy to miss in a flat list.

Min side: 3
August Weismann — Life · splits 58 ⟂ 24
August Weismann — Contributions to evolutionary biology · splits 58 ⟂ 24
August Weismann — Overview · splits 67 ⟂ 15
August Weismann — Awards and honors · splits 74 ⟂ 8
August Weismann — Sources · splits 76 ⟂ 6

Map overview Semantic statistics

August Weismann

Nodes82
Edges81
Triples57
Avg. degree1.98
Density0.02439
Components1

Source & methodology

TTTA analyzes the structure around August Weismann to surface related topics, entities, relationships, concept neighborhoods and bridge connections. Use the map to explore areas such as Works, Life & Contributions to evolutionary biology, including less central topics that may reveal useful research gaps. Automatically extracted connections are research leads rather than rewritten encyclopedia content.

Source: Wikipedia — August Weismann · EN edition · Analysis: TopicsToTalkAbout

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