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Louis Agassiz (1807-1873), Swiss-born American naturalist and glaciologist, c1826 (1885). Artist: Unknown

Louis Agassiz (1807-1873), Swiss-born American naturalist and glaciologist, c1826 (1885). Artist: Unknown

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Louis Agassiz (1807-1873), Swiss-born American naturalist and glaciologist, c1826 (1885). Agassiz's studies of glaciers in the Alps led him to be the first to propose the theory that the Earth had been subjected to ice ages. Here he is pictured aged 19, in an illustration from Louis Agassiz: His Life and Correspondence by Elizabeth Cary Agassiz. (Boston, 1885).

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Creator
  1. Unknown, attributed to: :
Subject
  1. Louis Agassiz: Swiss, American: scientist, naturalist, glaciologist, biologist and geologist
People Related
  1. Elizabeth Cary Agassiz: American: author, wife of Louis Agassiz
Medium
  1. Engraving
Picture Type
  1. Portrait
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Science & Nature Weather & Seasons

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Science & Nature Discovery & Exploration

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Pixel Dimensions (W x H) : 2900x3618
File Size : 30,739kb

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  1. 000051
  1. 000051
  1. 0390001032
  1. 1-152-090
  1. 1032
  1. 1152090
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