Pamphlets on geology and zoology, 1865-1900 : with sketch of the author. 1865-1900

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Pamphlets on geology and zoology, 1865-1900 : with sketch of the author. 1865-1900

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/753562515

34 v. in 1 : ill., port. ; 25 cm.

Brown University, Brown University Library

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Brown University, Brown University Library

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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...