<Table> <Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> August Weismann </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> </Th> <Td> (1834 - 01 - 17) 17 January 1834 Frankfurt am Main </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> </Th> <Td> 5 November 1914 (1914 - 11 - 05) (aged 80) Freiburg </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Known for </Th> <Td> germ plasm theory </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Awards </Th> <Td> Darwin--Wallace Medal (Silver, 1908) </Td> </Tr> </Table> <Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> August Weismann </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> </Th> <Td> (1834 - 01 - 17) 17 January 1834 Frankfurt am Main </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> </Th> <Td> 5 November 1914 (1914 - 11 - 05) (aged 80) Freiburg </Td> </Tr>

Who disproved the idea of inheritance of acquired traits using tailless mice