Alpheus Hyatt Papers, 1841-1887.

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Alpheus Hyatt Papers, 1841-1887.

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American zoologist and palaeontologist. Helped found American Naturalist and served as editor (1867 to 1870). Collection includes: diaries of trips to Italy; diary of voyages on the ship Arethusa; photographs; newspaper clippings; account book; Journal of Thermometer (state of weather, Ipswich, MA 1841-1846); and more.

1 box, 4 v., 1 folder.

Peabody Essex Museum

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Peabody Essex Museum

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Arethusa (Ship : 1759-1779)

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Hyatt, Alpheus, 1838-1902

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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...