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Elizabeth Cary Agassiz, Louis Agassiz: his life and correspondence, third edition, Chapter 18: 1855-1860: Aet. 48-53. (search)
hough this bequest was not connected in set terms with the collections already existing in Cambridge, its purpose was well understood; and Mr. Gray's nephew, Mr. William Gray, acting upon the intention of his uncle as residuary legatee, gave it into the hands of the President and Fellows of Harvard University. In passing over thitifying him with his work, has re-christened the institution; and, spite of its legal title, its familiar designation is almost invariably the Agassiz Museum. Mr. Gray's legacy started a movement which became every day more active and successful. The university followed up his bequest by a grant of land suitable for the site osed between them, and now, that the opportunity offered, the plan was practically ready for execution. These events followed each other so rapidly that although Mr. Gray's bequest was announced only in December, 1858, the first sod was turned and the corner-stone of the future Museum was laid on a sunny afternoon in the following
Elizabeth Cary Agassiz, Louis Agassiz: his life and correspondence, third edition, Index. (search)
721, 723, 733, 742, 744, 746, 747, 751, 756. Glen Roy, roads of, 308. Goeppingen, 49. Gould, A. A., 436, 466. Gray, Asa, 415, 421, 437, 458, 643. Gray, Francis C., 534; leaves a sum to found a Museum of Comparative Zoology, 559. Gray, William, 559. Greenough, H., 561. Gressly, A., 653. Griffith, Dr., collection of, 419. Grindelwald, 305. Gruithuisen, 44. Guvot, Arnold, 290, 291, 460, 478, 773; on Agassaiz's views, 372. H. Hagen, H. A., 679. 684. Haldeman, S. S, 367; on Principles of Zoology, 467; on tertiary geology, 467. Murchison, Sir R., 562, 666. Museum of Comparative Zoology, first beginning, 462; coral collection begun, 487; gift from pupils, 530; idea of museum, 555-559; publications, 555; Mr. Gray's legacy, 559; name given, 559; popular name, 560; Harvard University gives land, 560; Legislative grant, 560; cornerstone laid, 561; plan, 561; dedication, 564; work at Museum, 564; public lectures, 565; additional grants, 569, 668, 776; first