Louis Agassiz correspondence and other papers, 1821-1877

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Agassiz, Louis, 1807-1873. Correspondence and other papers, 1821-1877

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Louis Agassiz correspondence and other papers, 1821-1877

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1821-1877

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Correspondence and legal papers of American professor of natural history Louis Agassiz.

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4 boxes (2 linear ft.)

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Houghton Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 6383562

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Bonaparte, Charles Lucian, 1803-1857

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Charles Lucian Bonaparte was a naturalist and ornithologist. From the description of Correspondence, 1824-1855, from American scientists. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 173465723 From the description of Letters, 1825-1857. (American Philosophical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 122316342 From the guide to the Correspondence, 1824-1855, from American scientists, 1824-1855, (American Philosophical Society) Scientist; author of American Ornithology and o...

Godfrey, Abby (Prentiss).

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Murchison, Roderick Impey, Sir, 1792-1871

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British geologist. From the description of Papers, 1857 and undated. (Duke University). WorldCat record id: 35230784 English geologist. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Folkestone, to an unnamed correspondent, 1870 Sept. 5. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270612797 Geologist. From the description of Autograph letter signed : [n.p.], to an unidentified recipient, 1847 July 8. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270872039 Ro...

Freund Martius

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Chauvenet, William, 1820-1879

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P. Dejardin

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William Buckland.

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Pedro II of Brazil.

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California Academy of Natural Sciences

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Leo Lesquereux

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Elie de Beaumont, Leonce, i. e. Jean-Baptiste, 1798-1874

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A. De la Rive.

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Werther, Baron.

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Argyll, George Douglas Campbell, duke of, 1823-1900

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George Douglas Campbell, 8th Duke of Argyll in the peerage of Scotland, and 1st Duke of Argyll in the peerage of the United Kingdom, politician and scientist. From the description of George Douglas Campbell, 8th Duke of Argyll manuscript material : 1 item, 1891 (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 80786960 From the guide to the George Douglas Campbell, 8th Duke of Argyll manuscript material : 1 item, 1891, (The New York Public Library. Carl H. Pforzheimer Collectio...

Alexander Agassiz

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Murray, John, 1778-1843

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John Murray was an important and successful British publisher. He was among the first publishers to form connections with authors, notably Byron, and traveled in literary circles. A consummate businessman, he was often guided by his Tory principles; he founded the Quarterly Review in part to give voice to his political views. From the description of John Murray letter to General Malcolm, ca. 1812. (Pennsylvania State University Libraries). WorldCat record id: 51999696 Britis...

Guyot, A. (Arnold), 1807-1884

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Arnold Henry Guyot was a geographer and the first to formulate laws of structure and movement of glaciers. He published geography textbooks, 1866-1875, and was professor of physical geography and geology at Princeton University, 1854-1884. From the description of Correspondence, 1857-1882. (American Philosophical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 122316399 Geographer and geologist. From the description of Letter of A. Guyot, circa 1857. (Unknown). WorldCat re...

Holbrook, Harriott Pinckney, 1802-1862

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Cary, Thomas G. (Thomas Greaves), 1791-1859

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The San Francisco vigilance committees were local militia movements formed to fight the crime and government corruption brought on by the California gold rush. From the description of Reminiscences of San Francisco and California : manuscript, [18--] (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 612869671 From the description of The vigilance committee of San Francisco, 1851 ; The Chinese in California ; Clipper-ships and the China trade. manuscript, [18--] (Harvard University)....

La Rive, Auguste de, 1801-1873

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Physician of Geneva. From the description of Letter, 1846, May 9 : Geneva, to the "Maistre de l'instruction publique." (Duke University). WorldCat record id: 35007385 ...

Holbrook, John Edward 1795-

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Richardson, Sir John 1787-1865

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Professor Felton.

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Heer, Jakob

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Milne-Edwards, Alphonse, 1835-1900

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Cooper Institute

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Louis Ticknor.

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Gegenbaur, C. (Carl), 1826-1903

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R. W. Emerson.

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Booth, Edwin, 1833-1893

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American actor. From the description of Autograph letters signed (2) : New York and Chicago, to Elsie Leslie, 1889 Dec. 5 and 1890 Mar. 16. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270532629 From the description of Letters, 1858, 1887. (Buffalo History Museum). WorldCat record id: 56685372 Edwin Booth (1833-1893) was the son of Junius Brutus Booth, the great British tragedian, and the older brother of John Wilkes Booth; Edwin was best known for his Shakespearean roles. ...

S. G. Howe.

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Owen, Richard, 1804-1892

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Richard Owen was a comparative anatomist and palaeontologist. From the description of Letter from Richard Owen to Charles Léopold Laurillard to introduce John Gould, 1833 [manuscript]. [1833] (Libraries Australia). WorldCat record id: 277137992 Professor of the Royal College of Surgeons of London; authority on comparative anatomy, vertebrate paleontology and geology. From the description of Osteological contributions to the natural history of the chimpanzees (Tr...

Cary, Thomas G. (Thomas Greaves), 1791-1859

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Forbes, Edward, 1815-1854

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C. E. Brown-Séquard

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Nieuwkerke, Cte E. de.

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Orbigny, Alcide Dessalines d' 1802-1857

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J. Rickly

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Sumner, Charles, 1811-1874

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Massachusetts lawyer and U.S. Senator, 1851-1874. He was an ardent abolitionist who attacked the south in his "crime against Kansas" speech in 1856. Two days later he was assaulted in the Senate, receiving injuries that took him years to recover from. From the description of Letters, 1858-1869. (Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library). WorldCat record id: 55768315 Born in Boston, Mass., the U.S. statesman Charles Sumner studied law at Harvard and practiced law in his native ci...

Silliman, Benjamin, 1779-1864

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Benjamin Silliman was a chemist and naturalist, and was elected to the American Philosophical Society in 1805. From the description of Correspondence, 1808-1859. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 173466220 Physician and chemist of New Haven, Connecticut. From the description of Note, 1853, Sept. 28 : New Haven, Connecticut, to Isaac Waldron. (Duke University). WorldCat record id: 35359361 Educator and scientist. From the description of Papers of...

Winthrop Sargent.

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A. von Humboldt

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Joseph, Henry

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Twiss, Travers, 1809-1897

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Horner, Leonard, 1785-1864

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Epithet: of Add MS 38746 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000789.0x000283 ...

Jean de Charpentier

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Miller, Hugh, 1802-1856

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Hugh Miller (born 10 October 1802, Cromarty, Scotland – died 24 December 1856, Portibello, Edinburgh, Scotland) was a self-taught Scottish geologist and writer, folklorist and an evangelical Christian. Miller was born in Cromarty, the first of three children of Harriet Wright (bap. 1780, d. 1863) and Hugh Miller (bap. 1754, d. 1807), a shipmaster in the coasting trade. Both parents were from trading and artisan families in Cromarty. His father died in a shipwreck in 1807, and he was brought u...

Buckland, William, 1784-1856

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William Buckland was an English cleric, geologist, and vertebrate paleontologist. He was the first Reader of Geology, University of Oxford (from 1819). Buckland is most noted as the scientific discoverer of dinosaurs. From the description of Letters, 1817-1848. (American Philosophical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 122689446 English cleric William Buckland worked as a geologist and vertebrate paleontologist. The first Reader of Geology, University of Oxford (from 1819...

Pedro II, Emperor of Brazil, 1825-1891

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Samuel Wells.

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Louis Coulon, fils.

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Prime, Samuel Irenaeus, 1812-1885.

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Auguste Agassiz.

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Ampère, J.-J. (Jean Jacques), 1800-1864

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Peel, Robert, 1788-1850

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Sir Robert Peel, second baronet, British Prime Minister from 10 December 1834 to 8 April 1835, and also from 30 August 1841 to 29 June 1846. From the guide to the Robert Peel manuscript material : 3 items, ca. 1822-1835?, (The New York Public Library. Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle.) British statesman, of Tamsworth, Staffordshire, Eng. From the description of Correspondence, 1816-1864 and n.d. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record i...

Ludwig Agassiz

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D. F. Eschricht.

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And Guyot

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Sanders, J. Milton.

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Trevelyan, Walter Calverley, Sir, 1797-1879

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Tiedemann, Friedrich, 1781-1861

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German anatomist and physiologist. From the description of Note, [between 1816 and 1848] : London. (Duke University). WorldCat record id: 31822517 ...

Deshayes, G. P. (Gérard Paul), 1795-1875

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Epithet: naturalist British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000355.0x000178 ...

Braun, Alexander, 1805-1877

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German botanist. From the description of Alexander Braun note, [no year], Feb. 20, Berlin, to Herr Gilman. (Duke University). WorldCat record id: 34847950 ...

Huxley, Thomas Henry, 1825-1895

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Huxley was an Britist botanist especially known for his work in comparative anatomy and vertebrate paleontology. From the description of [Letter] 1857? May 31, Geological Survey of Great Britain [to] Sir / T. H. Huxley. (Smith College). WorldCat record id: 244251868 English scientist. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Ilkley, to W.A. Knight, 1886 Dec. 6. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 269526779 Student, Royal School of Mines, London, Eng...

Acadamey of Natual History

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Bonaparte, Napoléon-Joseph-Charles-Paul, Prince, 1822-1891

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Abert, Silvanus Thayer, 1828-

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Cecile Agassiz.

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Storer, David Humphreys, 1804-1891

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Storer graduated from Harvard in 1825, taught obstetrics and medical jurisprudence, and served as Dean of the Harvard Medical School. From the description of Papers of David Humphreys Storer, ca. 1890. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 76972890 U.S. ichthyologist and obstetrician, 1804-1890. From the description of Letter, 1829, Oct. 15 : to Jesse Putnam. (Duke University). WorldCat record id: 31822022 Storer (Harvard Medical School, M.D. 1925) w...

Desor, Edouard, i. e. Pierre Jean, 1811-1882

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Duvernoy, G. L. (George Louis), 1777-1855

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Quatrefages, A. de (Armand), 1810-1892

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Studer, ...

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Harriott Pinckney Rutledge Holbrook, 1802-1862

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Pedro II

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Watson, John O.

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Steindachner, Franz, 1834-

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Mayor, Auguste

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J. A. Lowell

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Rich & Verrill

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Lesquereux, Léo, 1806-1889

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Louis Agassiz (1807-1873, APS 1843) was a zoologist and geologist. A student of Georges Cuvier, Agassiz was renown for his six-volume work Poissons fossils, a study of more than 1,700 ancient fish. Equally important was his Ètudes sur les glaciers (1840). In 1845 Agassiz moved to the United States on a two-year study grant from King Friedrich Wilhelm IV of Prussia to compare the flora and fauna of the United States and Europe. While in the United States he was invited to deliver a c...

Grey-Egerton, Philip de Malpas, 1806-1881

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Friedrich Wilhelm IV, king of Prussia, 1795-1861.

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Curtis, Thomas B.

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E. Desor

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Dana, James Dwight, 1813-1895

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American scientist. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Utica, New York, to T.F. Dwight, 1865 Apr. 28. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270530661 From the description of Autograph letter signed : New Haven, Ct., to E.W. Hilgard, 1877 Mar. 27. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270870623 ...

Pratt, John C.

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Warren Heywood Williams was an architect who practiced in the Pacific Northwest. From the guide to the John C. Pratt collection of Warren Heywood Williams architectural drawings, 1887-1958, (Special Collections and University Archives, University of Oregon Libraries) Warren Heywood Williams (1844-1888) was an American architect who practiced in the Pacific Northwest. From the description of John C. Pratt collection of Warren Heywood Williams architectural drawing...

Beneden, M. van (Pierre Joseph), 1809-1894

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Benjamin Peirce.

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Pasteur, Andrié.

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Conseil d'Etat.

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Storer, David Humphreys, 1804-1891

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Elie de Beaumont, Leonce, i. e. Jean-Baptiste Armand Louis Leonce, 1798-1874

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Lausanne, Conseil d'Etat.

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Agassiz, Alexander, 1835-1910

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Alexander Agassiz(1835-1910), marine biologist, oceanographer, and industrial entrepreneur, was born in Neuchâtel, Switzerland, the son of Louis Agassiz. In 1860 Agassiz began a lifetime occupation of administering the business affairs of the Harvard museum, a task made difficult by his father's penchant for excessive collecting and expenditures. After Louis's death in 1873, Agassiz succeeded to the directorship of the Harvard University’s Museum of Comparative Zoology and completed the physical...

Eschricht, Daniel Friedrich, 1798-1863

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Martius, Karl Friedrich Philipp von, 1794-1868

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Waite, B. L. C.

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Dubois d'Amiens, E. Frederic, 1799-1873

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Decaisne, Joseph, 1807-1882

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W. J. Broderip.

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Orléans, Gaston, Duc d' 1608-1660

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Brother of Louis XIII. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Blois, to the Count-Duke de San Lucar, 1632 Oct. 3. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270609805 ...

Rouland, Gustave 1806-1878

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Edwards, Henry Milne

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Akademie der Wissenschaften in Berlin (1991-)

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Thomson, Sir Charles Wyville, 1830-1882

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Curtis, Thomas B. 1938-

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Charpentier, Jean de, 1786-1855

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Holland, Henry, Sir, 1788-1873

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English physician. From the description of Letter, 1826, June 27 : London, to Mr. Lee. (Duke University). WorldCat record id: 35091918 English physician and writer. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Brook St., Monday. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 269523372 Physician to Queen Victoria. From the description of Autograph letter signed : [London], to Lady Rawlinson, [n.d.]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 269526993 Physi...

J. L. Agassiz

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Lowell, James Russell, 1819-1891

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Poet and author, Cornell University non-resident professor. From the description of James Russell Lowell letter and portrait, 1871 July 12. (Cornell University Library). WorldCat record id: 123412650 Lowell was an author, poet, editor, teacher, and diplomat. He edited The Atlantic Monthly, and with Charles Eliot Norton, The North American Review ; was professor of French and Spanish Languages and Literatures at Harvard; and U.S. minister to Spain and to England. Aldrich was ...

Andrew, John A. (John Albion), 1818-1867

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Lawyer, founder of Free Soil Party in Massachusetts, governor of Massachusetts, 1861-1866. From the description of ALS, 1861 Oct. 19, New York, N.Y., to an unknown correspondent. (Rosenbach Museum & Library). WorldCat record id: 122524861 Prominent anti-slavery lawyer and Civil War governor of Massachusetts. From the description of Papers, 1772-1895, [microform]. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 25618330 Andrew was Governor of Massachusetts ...

Letton, H.

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Abbott, Lawrence

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Safford, James M. (James Merrill), 1822-1907

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James Merrill Safford taught chemistry, biology and geology, and was famous for his geological investigations of Tennessee. During his 52-year career, he was employed by Cumberland University, the University of Nashville, and Vanderbilt University. He also served as the State Geologist for Tennessee. His classic book and map, The geology of Tennessee, was published in 1869. From the description of James Merrill Safford Collection, 1889-1985. (Vanderbilt University Library). WorldCat ...

Hofmann, C E

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Gibbon, John H.

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Chase, Benjamin

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Edward Desor

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Lund, Peter Wilhelm, 1801-1880

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Oswald Heer.

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Gilbert, Grove Karl, 1843-1918

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William Morris Davis (1850-1934) was an American geographer, geologist, geomorphologist, and meteorologist, often called the "father of American geography." Grove Karl Gilbert, also known as G.K. Gilbert, was an American geologist. In 1871 he joined George M. Wheeler's geographical survey as its first geologist. He then joined the Powell Survey of the Rocky Mountain Region in 1874, becoming Powell's primary assistant, and stayed with the survey until 1879. From the description of Let...

Dinkel, Joseph.

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James Walker.

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A. Mayor.

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Société Géologique du Jura.

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Enniskillen, William Willoughby Cole, Earl, 1807-1886

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K. S. Kunth

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Lowell, John Amory, 1798-1881

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Geological society of London

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Seeley, H. G. (Harry Govier), 1839-1909

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Buch, Leopold von, Freiherr, 1774-1853

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Adams Express Co.

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Wm. Hibbert.

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Augte Agassiz

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Mrs R. L. Agassiz

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S. Tritton

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Ehrenberg, Christian Gottfried, 1795-1876

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Epithet: of Berlin British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000817.0x0002ed ...

Clemens, J. Breckenridge.

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Kirtland, J. P. (Jared Potter), 1793-1877

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A. Escher v. d. Linth.

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Zurich. Institut Cantonal de Medicine et de Chirurgie.

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John Tyndall

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Olympe Agassiz.

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F. Arago

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Redfield, W. C. (William C.), 1789-1857

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Meteorologist, first president of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. From the description of Letter, 1852. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122537242 Alexander Dallas Bache (1806-1867) was an important scientific reformer during the early nineteenth century. From his position as superintendent of the United States Coast Survey, and through leadership roles in the scientific institutions of the time, Bache helped bring American science into al...

Bowman, John E. (John Eddowes), 1819-1854

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Demidov, Anatolīĭ, principe di San Donato, 1812-1870

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Frederick William III, King of Prussia, 1770-1840

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Husband of Queen Louise. From the description of Autograph signature to document : Berlin, 1800 Mar. 4. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270752600 Frederick William III was King of Prussia during the Napoleonic era. At first, he tried to remain neutral, but eventually declared war and was soundly defeated at Jena by the French army. Humiliated, he later joined the Russian alliance that defeated Napoleon. A rather weak ruler, his experiences convinced him of the need for change...

Charles Martins.

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Cécile Agassiz.

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Benjamin Silliman.

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Hopkins, W.

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Peirce, Benjamin, 1809-1880

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Peirce (Harvard, A.B., 1829) taught astronomy and mathematics at Harvard. From the description of Papers of Benjamin Peirce, 1846-1851 (inclusive). (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 76972841 Peirce (A.B. 1829), mathematician and astronomer, was a tutor (1831-1833) and professor (1833-1880) at Harvard University, where he established the Harvard Observatory. From the description of Correspondence, ca. 1835-1880. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 79...