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Birthplace of the glaciologist Louis Agassiz, Motiers, Switzerland, 1885. Artist: Unknown

Birthplace of the glaciologist Louis Agassiz, Motiers, Switzerland, 1885. Artist: Unknown

1-152-094 - Ann Ronan Picture Library/Heritage-Images

Birthplace of Louis Agassiz (1807-1873), Swiss-born American naturalist and glaciologist, Motiers, Switzerland, 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. 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
Geographic Hierarchy

World Europe Switzerland Neuchâtel Môtiers

  1. 46 55 00 N , 006 37 00 W
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Pixel Dimensions (W x H) : 3667x2860
File Size : 30,726kb

Aliases

  1. 000055
  1. 000055
  1. 0390001036
  1. 1-152-094
  1. 1036
  1. 1152094
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