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Louis Agassiz

Carte du Glacier inférieur de l’Aar

1847

Jean Louis Rodolphe Agassiz was a Swiss-American biologist and geologist recognized as an innovative and prodigious scholar of Earth’s natural history. Agassiz grew up in Switzerland. He received Doctor of Philosophy and medical degrees at Erlangen and Munich, respectively. After studying with Cuvier and Humboldt in Paris, Agassiz was appointed professor of natural history at the University of Neuchâtel. He emigrated to the United States in 1847 after visiting Harvard University. He went on to become professor of zoology and geology at Harvard, to head its Lawrence Scientific School, and to found its Museum of Comparative Zoology.

Agassiz is known for his regimen of observational data gathering and analysis. He made vast institutional and scientific contributions to zoology, geology, and related areas, including writing multi-volume research books running to thousands of pages. He is particularly known for his contributions to ichthyological classification, including of extinct species, and to the study of geological history, including to the founding of glaciology.

Carte du Glacier inférieur de l’Aar
Nouvelles études et expériences sur les glaciers actuels : leur structure, leur progression et leur action physique sur le sol
46°34'00.0"N 8°13'00.0"E

Lieu: Unteraargletscher, Switzerland

Contributor: Johannes Wild
Gravure: H. Nicolet
Information: Data gathered in 1842
Text: Wikipedia


Publié: Juillet 2018
Catégorie: Cartographie