. The Biological bulletin. Biology; Zoology; Biology; Marine Biology. ANTON DOHRN. FIGURE 2. N. N. Mikloucho-Maclay, letter to Anton Dohrn, January 1869, Messina, describing and illustrating the hardships he had to cope with in order to pursue his (ASZN, Dohrn Archives, Ba 735) from his mother's family—he wrote in an unfinished last will: "In the center of my existence lies, I may say, a passion for helping others, direct or ; The growing interest in exploring life at sea, the need for marine organisms for research in morphology and embryology, Dohrn's own marine
. The Biological bulletin. Biology; Zoology; Biology; Marine Biology. ANTON DOHRN. FIGURE 2. N. N. Mikloucho-Maclay, letter to Anton Dohrn, January 1869, Messina, describing and illustrating the hardships he had to cope with in order to pursue his (ASZN, Dohrn Archives, Ba 735) from his mother's family—he wrote in an unfinished last will: "In the center of my existence lies, I may say, a passion for helping others, direct or ; The growing interest in exploring life at sea, the need for marine organisms for research in morphology and embryology, Dohrn's own marine experiences, his championing of Darwinism, and his need to prove himself—all these currents converged into the creation of the Naples Zoological Station. Dohrn's attention had turned to Naples because he wanted to connect the Station with an aquarium open to the public, the entrance fees thus providing the means to pay a permanent assistant. Dohrn therefore had to choose a large city that attracted many tourists. Naples at that time was still one of the largest and most attractive cities of Europe with more than 500,000 inhabitants and about 30,000 tourists a year (Vogt, 1871). In 1870 Dohrn went to Naples; with luck he overcame doubts, ignorance, and misunderstandings and persuaded the city authorities to give him, free-of-charge, a plot of land at the sea edge, in the beautiful Royal Park (today, the Villa Comunale). For his part he promised to build a Zoological Station at his own expense. Dohrn himself gives a very colorful description of his experiences with the Neapolitan authorities in his "History of the Naples Zoological Station," which he started to compile in 1895. (The unfinished manuscript is kept in the Dohrn Archives at the Stazione.) In October, 1871, Dohrn installed himself with all his equipment and books at the Palazzo Torlonia, near the small port of Mergellina in Naples, together with the. Please note that these images are extracted from scann
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