General Info | TEI
Name | Agassiz, Louis |
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Alternative Names | |
ID | 3080 |
Gender | male |
Lifespan | 1807 - 1883 |
Professions | paleontologist (Q1662561), ichthyologist (Q4205432), glaciologist (Q15623737), professor of natural history, natural scientist |
Collection(s) |
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Uri(s) |
https://ica.acdh-dev.oeaw.ac.at/entity/3080/ |
References | Agassiz, Louis. Correspondence and Other Papers. Ms Am 1410. Houghton Library, Harvard University. Agassiz, Louis. to Hon. Thomas Russell, 16 August 1871, Archives of the Ernst Mayr Library of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University. Agassiz, Louis. Introduction to the Study of Natural History. Edited and annotated by Christoph Irmscher. Basel: Springer, 2018. Irmscher, Christoph. Louis Agassiz: Creator of American Science. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2013. |
Relations
Event
Start | End | Other relation type | Related Event |
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— | — | participated in | Hassler Expedition |
— | — | participated in | Darien (Isthmus of Panama) Expedition |
— | — | participated in | Thayer Expedition (Brazil) |
Institution
Start | End | Other relation type | Related Institution |
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1847 | 1873 | related >> worked for/at >> taught at | Harvard University |
1859 | — | established >> founder of | Museum of Comparative Zoology |
Person
Start | End | Other relation type | Related Person |
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1869 | — | related >> collaborated with | Steindachner, Franz |
— | — | related >> in a relationship with >> married to | Cary Agassiz, Elizabeth |
— | — | related >> acquainted with >> had contacts with >> mentee of | von Humboldt, Alexander |
— | — | related >> employer of | Hagen, Hermann |
— | — | related >> employer of | Konopicky, Eduard |
Place
Start | End | Other relation type | Related Place |
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— | — | related >> born in | Switzerland |
1846 | — | related >> emigrated to | United States of America |
1846 | — | related >> visited | United States of America |
— | — | related >> visited | Galápagos Islands |
— | — | related >> visited | Santiago de Chile |
Work
Start | End | Other relation type | Related Work |
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— | — | related >> wrote >> author of | A Journey in Brazil |