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In 1847 he became correspondent of the Royal Institute of the Netherlands, when that became the [[Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences]] in 1851 he became member.<ref>{{cite web|author= |url=http://www.dwc.knaw.nl/biografie/pmknaw/?pagetype=authorDetail&aId=PE00002830 |title=Herman Schlegel (1804 - 1884) |publisher=Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences |date= |accessdate=20 July 2015}}</ref>
Schlegel considered [[species]] as fixed, and consequently he was strongly opposed to Darwin's [[evolution]]theory, from the beginning on until his death.<ref>Hubrecht, A.A.W. (1884) Hermann Schlegel. ''De Gids'' 48: 539-540. http://www.dbnl.org/tekst/_gid001188401_01/_gid001188401_01_0022.php#22</ref><ref> Zijderveld, B. van. 2014. ''Een Duitse familie in Nederland (1804-1913). Carrièrisme en netwerken van Hermann Schlegel en zijn zonen Gustav en Leander ''. Van Gorcum, Assen. https://issuu.com/kvguitgeverij/docs/2141485_lr.</ref> [[Charles Darwin]] knew of Schlegel’s opinions on species and evolution from remarks by his close friend, the British botanist and explorer [[Joseph Dalton Hooker]]: ‘I talked much with Schlegel, he is strongly in favour of a multiple creation & against migration’.<ref>Hooker, J .D. 1845. Letter to C.R. Darwin, 23 March 1845. Darwin Correspondence Project, Letter no. 844. https://darwinproject.ac.uk/DCP-LETT-844</ref>
==Director of the natural history museum==
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