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.
