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 |
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| — | — | related >> participated in | Thayer Expedition (Brazil) |
| — | — | related >> participated in | Darien (Isthmus of Panama) Expedition |
| — | — | related >> participated in | Hassler Expedition |
Institution
| Start | End | Other relation type | Related Institution |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1846 | — | emigrated to | United States of America |
| 1846 | — | visited | United States of America |
| — | — | born in | Switzerland |
| — | — | visited | Galápagos Islands |
| — | — | visited | Santiago de Chile |
Work
| Start | End | Other relation type | Related Work |
|---|---|---|---|
| — | — | related >> wrote >> author of | A Journey in Brazil |
