Louis Agassiz
Affiliations: | Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, United States |
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"Louis Agassiz"Bio:
1807-1873
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"Louis Agassiz: his life and correspondence", edited and published in 1890 after Louis's death by his wife, Elizabeth Cary Agassiz, contains a detailed account of his life. It consists of a collection of letters, and on page 144 is an autobiographical account of his studies in Zurich, Heidelberg, and Munich. The book is available in full online, see http://books.google.com/books?id=ifwoAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA144#v=onepage&q&f=true
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Cross-listing: Evolution Tree - Systematics Tree - Anatomy Tree
Parents
Sign in to add mentor| Lorenz Oken | research assistant | 1829 | Universität München (Physiology Academic Tree) | |
| Carl F. P. von Martius | research assistant | 1829 | Universität München (Neurotree) | |
| Ignaz Döllinger | research assistant | 1830 | University of Munich (Neurotree) | |
| Andreas Röschlaub | grad student | 1830 | University of Munich (Neurotree) | |
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| Georges (Jean) Léopold Nicolas Chrétien Frédéric Dagobert Cuvier | post-doc | 1830-1833 | College de France (Anatomy Tree) | |
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| Alexander (Friedrich Wilhelm Heinrich Alexander Freiherr) von Humboldt | research scientist | 1830-1833 | Paris (Meteorology Tree) | |
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Children
Sign in to add trainee| Henry Augustus Ward | research assistant | Rochester (Neurotree) | |
| Joseph Le Conte (LeConte) | research assistant | 1848- | Harvard (Geotree) |
| William Healey Dall | research assistant | 1863- | Harvard (Evolution Tree) |
| Johann Jakob von Tschudi | research assistant | 1838 | (Evolution Tree) |
| Spencer Fullerton Baird | research assistant | 1847 | (Evolution Tree) |
| John McCrady | research assistant | 1852-1855 | Harvard (Systematics Tree) |
| Joel Asaph Allen | research assistant | 1862-1865 | Harvard (Neurotree) |
| Edward A. Birge | research assistant | 1873 | Harvard |
| Charles Sedgwick Minot | research assistant | 1873 | Harvard (Anatomy Tree) |
| David Starr Jordan | research assistant | 1873-1873 | Harvard |
| Charles Otis Whitman | research assistant | 1873-1873 | Harvard (Evolution Tree) |
| Albert John Cook | grad student | Harvard (Terrestrial Ecology Tree) | |
| Frederick W. Putnam | grad student | (Anthropology Tree) | |
| Charles Frédéric Girard | grad student | 1847-1850 | Harvard (Evolution Tree) |
| Alexander Agassiz | grad student | 1855 | Harvard (Chemistry Tree) |
| Nathaniel Southgate Shaler | grad student | 1862 | Harvard (Physics Tree) |
| Alpheus Hyatt | grad student | 1858-1862 | Harvard (Systematics Tree) |
| Addison Emery Verrill | grad student | 1859-1862 | Harvard (Animal Science Tree) |
| Edward Sylvester Morse | grad student | 1864 | Harvard (Evolution Tree) |
| Alpheus Spring Packard, Jr. | grad student | 1864 | Harvard (Evolution Tree) |
| Samuel Hubbard Scudder | grad student | 1864 | Harvard (Evolution Tree) |
| Burt Green Wilder | grad student | 1866 | Harvard (DevTree) |
| William James | post-doc | Harvard (Neurotree) | |
| August Christoph Carl Vogt | research scientist | 1839-1845 | Neuchâtel (Anatomy Tree) |
Collaborators
Sign in to add collaborator| William Buckland | collaborator | (Theology Tree) | |
| Karl Friedrich Schimper | collaborator | University of Munich (Mycotree) | |
| Alexander Heinrich Braun | collaborator | 1829 | Universität München (Physiology Academic Tree) |
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