Louis Agassiz
At a glance:
- Series: Dictionary of World Biography: The 19th Century
- Categories: Education, Science
- Subcategories: Teaching, Teachers, Animals, Endangered Species, Zoology, Natural History
- Curriculum: 19th Century European History, American History 1816-1855, American Civil War & Reconstruction Era (1856-1877)
Article abstract: Agassiz created an awareness of the importance of the study of natural history in the United States with his founding of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard University. He was an early pioneer in making scientific studies an integral part of the curriculum at American colleges and universities.
Early Life
Jean Louis Rodolphe Agassiz was born May 28, 1807, in Motier-en-Vuly, Canton Fribourg, Switzerland. The son of a Protestant clergyman, Agassiz was one of four children. At the age of ten, Agassiz was sent to school at Bienne,...
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