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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, now Radcliffe College, from its organization till 1899, when she resigned.