Agassiz
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Agassiz is a Swiss-origin surname most famously associated with 19th-century naturalist and glaciologist Louis Agassiz and his family of scientists and educators.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Agassiz canonical | 2 |
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
educator
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geologist ⓘ human ⓘ surname ⓘ zoologist ⓘ |
| birthName | Jean Louis Rodolphe Agassiz NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| child | Alexander Agassiz NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| citizenship |
Switzerland
NERFINISHED
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United States of America ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Switzerland ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1807-05-28 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1873-12-14 ⓘ |
| employer | Harvard University ⓘ |
| etymologyStatus | of Swiss origin ⓘ |
| familyName |
Agassiz
NERFINISHED
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Agassiz NERFINISHED ⓘ Agassiz NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| father | Louis Agassiz NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
glaciology
ⓘ
ichthyology ⓘ natural history ⓘ |
| founded | Museum of Comparative Zoology NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| givenName | Louis NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| knownFor |
pioneering work on ice ages
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studies of fossil fish ⓘ theory of Pleistocene glaciation ⓘ |
| languageOfOrigin | Swiss German NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableBearer |
Alexander Agassiz
NERFINISHED
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Elizabeth Cabot Cary Agassiz NERFINISHED ⓘ Ida Pfeiffer Agassiz NERFINISHED ⓘ Jean Louis Rodolphe Agassiz NERFINISHED ⓘ Louis Agassiz NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Môtier, Switzerland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
first president of Radcliffe College
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professor of zoology and geology at Harvard University ⓘ |
| spouse |
Elizabeth Cabot Cary Agassiz
NERFINISHED
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Louis Agassiz NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedAsToponymFor |
Agassiz Glacier
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Agassiz Ice Cap NERFINISHED ⓘ Agassiz National Wildlife Refuge NERFINISHED ⓘ Agassiz Peak NERFINISHED ⓘ Agassiz Rock NERFINISHED ⓘ Agassiz Station NERFINISHED ⓘ Agassiz, British Columbia NERFINISHED ⓘ Agassizhorn NERFINISHED ⓘ Lake Agassiz NERFINISHED ⓘ Mount Agassiz NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.