Journal, 1865-1866.

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Journal, 1865-1866.

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A journal kept by Thomas Greaves Cary, Jr. of a trip to Uruguay in 1865-6 to collect fish, insect, and small animal specimens for "the Museum," presumably Harvard's Museum of Comparative Zoology. Cary wrote that he traveled to Montevideo, Uruguay, in order to gather information for the use of Professor Louis Agassiz, his brother-in-law, who was then on an expedition to Brazil, in case the Professor decided to visit the River Plate (Rio de la Plata).

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Harvard University. Museum of Comparative Zoology

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The Museum of Comparative Zoology (MCZ) at Harvard University is a center for research and education focused on the comparative relationships of animal life. The MCZ was founded in 1859 through the efforts of zoologist Louis Agassiz; the museum used to be referred to as "The Agassiz Museum of Comparative Zoology" after its founder. Agassiz designed the collection to illustrate the variety and comparative relationships of animal life. The MCZ one of three natural-history research museums at...

Agassiz, Louis, 1807-1873

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Swiss-American zoologist and geologist. Professor of zoology and geology at Harvard University. Louis Agassiz was born in Môtier-en-Vuly, Switzerland. He studied at the universities of Zürich, Erlangen (Ph.D., 1829), Heidelberg, and Munich (M.D., 1830). Agassiz studied medicine briefly but turned to zoology, with a special interest in fishes and fossils, while studying under the French naturalist Cuvier. In 1832 he became professor of natural history at the University of Neuchâtel, Sw...

Cary, Thomas Greaves, 1824-1888.

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