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Also Known As Jean Louis Rodolphe Agassiz
Born May 28, 1807 • Switzerland
Died December 14, 1873 (aged 66) • Cambridge • Massachusetts
Awards And Honors Hall of Fame (1915) • Copley Medal (1861)
Notable Works “Études sur les glaciers” • “Recherches sur les poissons fossiles”
Notable Family Members spouse Elizabeth Cabot Agassiz • son Alexander Agassiz
Subjects Of Study fish • glacier

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