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Louis Agassiz, 1807-1873. Zoologist, geologist. Educated at University of Munich, Germany (M.D., 1827), University of Erlangen, Germany (Ph. D.,1829). Professor of Natural History, University of Neuchatel, Switzerland (1832-1846); Professor of Zoology and Geology, Lawrence Scientific School, Harvard (1848-1873); founder and director of Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard (1859-1873). For further information see: Dictionary of Scientific Biography.

Alexander Agassiz, 1835-1910. Zoologist, Oceanographer. Son of Louis and Cecile Agassiz. Attended Harvard (A.B., 1855), Lawrence Scientific School (1857). Assistant in Zoology, Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard (1860-1865); developer and director of Calumet & Hecla Mining Co., Lake Superior. Director of Museum of Comparative Zoology (1874-1898).

From the description of Papers of the Agassiz family, 1817-1910 (inclusive), 1847-1910 (bulk) [microform]. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 181154404

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associatedWith Agassiz, Alexander, 1835-1910. person
associatedWith Agassiz, Elizabeth Cabot Cary, 1822-1907. person
associatedWith Agassiz, Louis, 1807-1873. person
associatedWith Anderson School of Natural History. corporateBody
associatedWith Baird, Spencer Fullerton, 1823-1887. person
associatedWith Blake Expedition to the Atlantic Coast (1880) corporateBody
associatedWith Blake Expedition to the Caribbean (1878) corporateBody
associatedWith Blake Expedition to the Gulf of Mexico (1877-1878) corporateBody
associatedWith Blake, James Henry, 1845-1941. person
associatedWith Calumet and Hecla Mining Co. corporateBody
associatedWith Challenger Expedition (1872-1876) corporateBody
associatedWith Clark, Elizabeth Hodges, 1855-1932. person
associatedWith Harvard University. Museum of Comparative Zoology. corporateBody
associatedWith Hassler Expedition (1871-1872) corporateBody
associatedWith Lawrence Scientific School. corporateBody
associatedWith Murray, John, Sir, 1841-1914. person
associatedWith Newport Marine Laboratory. corporateBody
associatedWith Smithsonian Institution. corporateBody
associatedWith Thayer Expedition (1865-1866) corporateBody
associatedWith Thomson, C. Wyville (Charles Wyville), 1830-1882. person
associatedWith United States Fish Commission. corporateBody
associatedWith Ward, Henry A. (Henry Augustus), 1834-1906. person
Place Name Admin Code Country
Great Barrier Reef (Qld.)
Subject
Coral reefs and islands
Geology
Museums
Oceanography
Paleontology
Scientific expeditions
Occupation
Capitalists and financiers
Educators
Geologists
Zoologists
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Family

Active 1817

Active 1910

French,

English,

German

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