Agassiz family.

Louis Agassiz, 1807-1873. Zoologist, geologist. Educated at University of Munich, Germany (M.D., 1827), University of Erlangen, Germany (Ph. D.,1829). Professor of Natural History, University of Neuchatel, Switzerland (1832-1846); Professor of Zoology and Geology, Lawrence Scientific School, Harvard (1848-1873); founder and director of Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard (1859-1873). For further information see: Dictionary of Scientific Biography.

Alexander Agassiz, 1835-1910. Zoologist, Oceanographer. Son of Louis and Cecile Agassiz. Attended Harvard (A.B., 1855), Lawrence Scientific School (1857). Assistant in Zoology, Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard (1860-1865); developer and director of Calumet & Hecla Mining Co., Lake Superior. Director of Museum of Comparative Zoology (1874-1898).

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