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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Agassiz , Louis John Rudolph , 1807 -1873 (search)
Agassiz, Louis John Rudolph, 1807-1873
Naturalist; born in Motier parish, near Neuchatel, Switzerland, May 28. 1807.
He was of Huguenot descent, was thoroughly educated at Heidelberg and Munich, and received the honorary degree of Ph.D. He prosecuted his studies in natural history in Paris, where Cuvier offered him his collection for the purpose.
The liberality of Humboldt enabled him to publish his great 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.
with some of his pupils, a scientific exploration of the shores of Lake Superior.
He af
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), United States of America . (search)