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Elizabeth Cary Agassiz, Louis Agassiz: his life and correspondence, third edition 744 2 Browse Search
Edward L. Pierce, Memoir and letters of Charles Sumner: volume 4 56 0 Browse Search
Cambridge sketches (ed. Estelle M. H. Merrill) 40 4 Browse Search
George Ticknor, Life, letters and journals of George Ticknor (ed. George Hillard) 37 3 Browse Search
The Cambridge of eighteen hundred and ninety-six: a picture of the city and its industries fifty years after its incorporation (ed. Arthur Gilman) 37 1 Browse Search
Frank Preston Stearns, Cambridge Sketches 30 0 Browse Search
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing) 25 5 Browse Search
Colonel Theodore Lyman, With Grant and Meade from the Wilderness to Appomattox (ed. George R. Agassiz) 14 0 Browse Search
Cambridge History of American Literature: volume 3 (ed. Trent, William Peterfield, 1862-1939., Erskine, John, 1879-1951., Sherman, Stuart Pratt, 1881-1926., Van Doren, Carl, 1885-1950.) 12 0 Browse Search
Edward L. Pierce, Memoir and letters of Charles Sumner: volume 3 12 0 Browse Search
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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Agassiz, Alexander, 1835- (search)
Agassiz, Alexander, 1835- Naturalist; born in Neuchatel, Switzerland, Dec. 17, 1835: son of Prof. Louis Agassiz; came to the United States in 1849; and was graduated at Harvard College in 1855, and at Lawrence Scientific School in 1857. He was curator of the Natural History Museum, in Cambridge, in 1874-85: has since been engaged in important zoological investigations; and became widely known by his connection with the famous Calumet and Hecla copper-mines. The University of St. Andrews conferred the honorary degree of Ll.D. upon him, April 2, 1901.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Agassiz, Elizabeth Cabot, 1823- (search)
Agassiz, Elizabeth Cabot, 1823- Naturalist and educator; born in Boston, Mass., in 1823; daughter of Thomas G. Cary; was married to Prof. Louis Agassiz in 1850. In 1865 she accompanied her husband on his expedition to Brazil, and in 1871-72 was on the Hassler expedition. She greatly aided her husband in his studies and writings: was joint author with her son of Seaside studies in natural history; published Louis Agassiz: his life and correspondence; and was president of the Harvard Annex, Mass., in 1823; daughter of Thomas G. Cary; was married to Prof. Louis Agassiz in 1850. In 1865 she accompanied her husband on his expedition to Brazil, and in 1871-72 was on the Hassler expedition. She greatly aided her husband in his studies and writings: was joint author with her son of Seaside studies in natural history; published Louis Agassiz: his life and correspondence; and was president of the Harvard Annex, now Radcliffe College, from its organization till 1899, when she resigned.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Agassiz, Louis John Rudolph, 1807-1873 (search)
eat work (1834-44) on Fossil fishes, in 5 volumes, with an atlas. He arrived in Boston in 1846, and lectured there Louis Agassiz. on the Animal Kingdom and on Glaciers. In the summer of 1847 the superintendent of the Coast Survey tendered him the facilities of that service for a continuance of his scientific investigations. Professor Agassiz settled in Cambridge, and was made Professor of Zoology and Geology of the Lawrence Scientific School at its foundation in 1848. That year he made. ters of the Pacific Ocean. An account of his explorations on the Brazilian coast was given in A journey to Brazil, by Mrs. Agassiz, in 1867. He received the Copley Medal from the Royal Society of London; from the Aeademy of Sciences of Paris, the y scientific societies, and the universities of Dublin and Ediniburgh conferred on him the honorary degree of Ll.D. Professor Agassiz published valuable scientific works in Europe and in the United States. He died in Cambridge, Mass., Dec. 14, 1873
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Bickmore, Albert Smith, 1839- (search)
Bickmore, Albert Smith, 1839- Educator; born in St. George, Me., March 1, 1839: graduated at Dartmouth College in 1860, and studied under Professor Agassiz at the Lawrence Scientific School in Cambridge, Mass. In 1865-69 he travelled in the Malay Archipelago and in eastern Asia. Returning, he was appointed Professor of Natural History at Madison University. In 1885 he became professor in charge of the Department of Public Instruction in the American Museum of Natural History in New York. He is the author of Travels in the East Indian Archipclago; The Ainos, or Hairy men of Jesso; Sketch of a journey from Canton to Bangkok, etc.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Guyot, Arnold Henry 1807-1884 (search)
Guyot, Arnold Henry 1807-1884 Geologist; born in Bondevilliers, Neuchatel, Switzerland, Sept. 28, 1807; was educated at the College of Neuchatel. In 1838 he made examinations of the Swiss glaciers, at the request of Prof. Louis Agassiz (q. v.), and sent his results to the Geological Society of France. It was in these examinations that he discovered the laminated structure of ice in the glaciers. In 1839-48 he was Professor of History and Physical Geography at the academy in Neuchatel. this work the Vienna Exposition of 1873 awarded him a medal. In 1873-77 he edited Johnson's New universal Cyclopaedia (with Frederick A. P. Barnard), and was the author of many articles in it on physical geography and like subjects. His publications include biographies of Carl Ritter, James H. Coffin, and Louis Agassiz; A treatise on physical geography; Creation, or the Biblical cosmogony in the light of modern Sciences; and also numerous lectures. He died in Princeton, N. J., Feb. 8, 1884.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Le Conte, Joseph 1823- (search)
Le Conte, Joseph 1823- Geologist; born in Liberty county, Ga., Feb. 26, 1823; graduated at the University of Georgia, in 1841, and later at the College of Physicians and Surgeons in New York City; settled in Macon, Ga., to practise medicine; studied at the Lawrence Scientific School of Harvard in 1850-51; and in the latter year went with Agassiz to Florida on an exploring expedition. He was appointed Professor of Natural Science in Oglethorpe College in 1852, and in the following year became Professor of Geology and Natural History in the University of Georgia. During 1857-69 he was Professor of Chemistry and Geology in the College of South Carolina. In 1862-63 he was a chemist in the Confederate laboratory for the manufacture of medicines, and in 1864-65 held a similar post in the nitre and mining bureau. In 1869 he was called to the chair of Natural History and Geology in the University of California. Professor Le Conte is the author of Religion and Science; Elements of Geo
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Marcou, Jules 1824-1898 (search)
In 1846 he was appointed an assistant in the department of mineralogy in the Sorbonne, and in 1847 travelling geologist for the Jardin des Plantes, in Paris. It was under this last appointment that he came to the United States, and with Prof. Louis Agassiz visited the region around Lake Superior in 1848. During the following year he studied the geology of Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Virginia, and the Canadian provinces. He returned to Europe in 1850, but was soon again in the United Statese made a section map of the thirty-fifth parallel from the Mississippi to the Pacific coast. In 1861-64 he had charge of the division of paleontology in the Museum of Comparative Zoology, an institution which he founded in conjunction with Professor Agassiz, in Cambridge, Mass. His publications include Recherches geologiques sur la Jura Salinois; Geological map of the United States and British provinces of North America; Geology of North America; Geological map of the world; A catalogue of Geo
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Morse, Edward Sylvester 1838- (search)
Morse, Edward Sylvester 1838- Educator; born in Portland, Me., June 18, 1838; studied under Professor Agassiz at the Lawrence Scientific School of Harvard; was Professor of Comparative Anatomy and Zoology in Bowdoin College in 1871-74: and Professor of Zoology in the Imperial University at Tokio, Japan, in 1877-80. He is an authority on Japanese ceramics, and a member of the National Academy of Sciences, the American Association for the Advancement of Science, the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and other scientific organizations. He is the author of Japanese homes and their surroundings; First book of Zoology, and numerous papers on zoology, ethnology, and archaeology.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Radcliffe College, (search)
Radcliffe College, An educational institution for women exclusively, in Cambridge, Mass.; established in 1878 by a society for the collegiate instruction of women, and made a part of Harvard University in the following year. In 1893-94 it was established as a separate institution, although in affiliation with Harvard University, and given its present name in honor of Annie Radcliffe, the first woman who made a donation of money for the founding of Harvard University. At the close of 1900 it reported: Professors and instructors, 114; students, 407; volumes in the library, 13,000; productive funds, $400,000; benefactions, $122,108; income, Peter Cooper's train. $96,170; number of graduates, 395; president, Mrs. Louis Agassiz.