Hans Driesch

Hans Adolf Eduard Driesch
Born28 October 1867
Bad Kreuznach, Kingdom of Prussia
Died17 April 1941(1941-04-17) (aged 73)
Leipzig, Germany
CitizenshipGerman
Known forDevelopmental biology
Neo-vitalist philosophy of entelechy
Lebensphilosophie
Equifinality
Scientific career
FieldsBiology and philosophy

Hans Adolf Eduard Driesch (28 October 1867 – 17 April 1941) was a German biologist and philosopher from Bad Kreuznach. He is most noted for his early experimental work in embryology and for his neo-vitalist philosophy of entelechy. He has also been credited with performing the first artificial 'cloning' of an animal in the 1880s, although this claim is dependent on how one defines cloning.

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