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| Name: |
Jean Louis Rodolphe Agassiz | | Birth Date: |
May 28, 1807 | | Death Date: |
December 14, 1873 | | Place of Birth: |
Môtier-en-Vuly, Switzerland | | Place of Death: |
Cambridge, England | | Nationality: |
Swiss | | Gender: |
Male | | Occupations: |
naturalist, anatomist |
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 Biography of Jean Louis Rodolphe Agassiz
1,121 words, approx. 4 pages
 Jean Louis Rodolphe Agassiz (1807-1873), a Swiss-American naturalist, was an outstanding comparative anatomist. He promulgated the glacial theory and opposed Darwin's theory of evolution by natural selection. Paleontology was just beginning to emerge... summary from source:
 Biography of Jean-Louis-Rodolphe Agassiz
495 words, approx. 2 pages
Agassiz was born in Motieren-Vuly, Switzerland, and grew up amidst the breathtaking beauty of the Swiss Alps. Agassiz's childhood was supervised by his minister father, who believed that supernatural powers created all natural wonders. Agassiz followed... summary from source:
 Biography of Jean Louis Rodolphe Agassiz
365 words, approx. 1 pages
Jean Louis Rodolphe Agassiz (28 May 1807-14 December 1873), known as Louis Agassiz, was a naturalist, educator, and physician whose literary significance lies in his establishment of a scientific corollary for Emerson's belief that there is a spiritual...
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371 words, approx. 1 pages
Jean Louis Rodolphe Agassiz ( 1807-05-28 - 1873-12-14 ) was a Swiss-born American zoologist, glaciologist, and geologist and one of the first world-class American scientists. He was the husband of educator Elizabeth Cabot Cary Agassiz . Contents 1...
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 Jean Louis Rodolphe Agassiz Summary
599 words, approx. 2 pages1807-1873 Swiss-American Naturalist, Paleontologist and Glaciologist Jean Louis Agassiz was one of the foremost natural scientists of his time. He was particularly well-known for his work with fossil fishes and for his advocacy of the idea of global... summary from source:
 Agassiz, Louis (1807-1873) Summary
504 words, approx. 2 pagesSwiss-born American naturalist Jean Louis Rodolphe Agassiz was born in Motieren-Vuly, Switzerland, and grew up appreciating the beauty of the Swiss Alps. Agassiz's childhood was supervised by his minister father, who believed that supernatural... summary from source:
Louis Agassiz Summary
89 words, approx. 1 pages1807-1873 Swiss geologist and naturalist who first popularized the idea of an ice age. Agassiz was a renowned naturalist who, as a professor of natural history at Neuchâtel, determined that glaciers had once covered Europe. In 1847 he moved to the... summary from source:
 Agassiz, Louis Summary
2,196 words, approx. 7 pages Born May 28, 1807 Motier-en-Vuly, Switzerland Died December 14, 1873 Cambridge, Massachusetts Naturalist and teacher Louis Agassiz. . "The book of Nature is always... summary from source:
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3,583 words, approx. 12 pages
Jean Louis Rodolphe Agassiz (May 28 1807—December 14 1873) was a Swiss-American zoologist, glaciologist, and geologist, the husband of educator Elizabeth Cabot Cary Agassiz, and one of the first world-class American...
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 Focus Louis Agassiz. (Great Geographers).(Biography)
12/22/2002: 1,836 words, approx. 6 pages Louis Agassiz (1807-1873) was a leading natural historian of the Nineteenth Century. Although he devoted most of his time to studies of zoology, Agassiz is the person most responsible for the 'glacial theory' that ice covered large portions of earth's surface in times... summary from source:
The Boston Globe The Good Side Of Louis Agassiz
03/28/2001: 221 words, approx. 1 pages I'M HAPPY THE STUDENTS AT CAMBRIDGE'S AGASSIZ SCHOOL THOUGHT TO QUESTION WHETHER OR NOT LOUIS AGASSIZ IS AN APPROPRIATE NAMESAKE FOR THEIR SCHOOL ("8TH-GRADER SEES SHAME IN SCHOOL'S NAMESAKE," PAGE A1, MARCH 19). BUT I WAS SORRY TO SEE AGASSIZ PORTRAYED AS A RACIST....
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