Louis Agassiz American geologist
Louis Agassiz is a 66 years old American geologist from Môtiers. Louis Agassiz was born on May 28, 1807 (died on December 14, 1873, he was 66 years old) in Môtiers as Jean Louis Rodolphe Agassiz.
About
Birth name of Louis Agassiz is Jean Louis Rodolphe Agassiz
No, he died on 12/14/1873, 150 years ago. He was 66 years old when he died. He died in Cambridge and buried in Mount Auburn Cemetery .
Family
Wives
Louis Agassiz had two marriages.
Elizabeth Cabot Agassiz, educator
Agassiz married with Elizabeth Cabot Agassiz (84), in 1850. Louis Agassiz was 42 and Elizabeth Cabot Agassiz was 27 years old. They ended their 23 years marriage in 1873.
Children
He had two children, Alexander (74, Scientist engineer) and Pauline (76) . When his first child, Alexander Emanuel Agassiz, was born, Louis Agassiz was 28 years old.
Siblings
Louis Agassiz had 2 siblings. Auguste (1 year younger) and Cécile (6 years older)
Awards (8)
Awarded Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences , awarded Pour le Mérite for Sciences and Arts , awarded Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh , awarded Foreign Member of the Royal Society , awarded Pour le Mérite ,
Education
He graduated from University Of Zurich, Ludwig Maximilian University Of Munich, Heidelberg University and University Of Erlangen-Nuremberg
What was Louis's zodiac sign?Louis Agassiz zodiac sign was gemini.
Other facts about Louis Agassiz
| AlmaMater | University of Erlangen-Nuremberg |
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| Place of death | Cambridge |
| Spouse | Elizabeth Cabot Agassiz |
| Country of citizenship | United States Of America |
| Member of | Spanish Royal Academy Of Sciences |
| Field of work | Geology |
| Doctoral advisor | Carl Friedrich Philipp Von Martius |
| British Museum person-institution | 179446 |
| Languages spoken, written or signed | English |
| Date of death | 1873-12-14T00:00:00Z |
| Botanist author abbreviation | Agassiz |
| Owner of | Q56582218 |
| Native language | French |
| Student | Joel Asaph Allen |
| Signature | 
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| Employer | Cornell University |
| Image of grave | Http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Agassiz.main.sk.jpg |
| Place of burial | Mount Auburn Cemetery |
| Birth name | Jean Louis Rodolphe Agassiz |
| Place of birth | Môtiers |
| Family name | Agassiz. Show people with the surname Agassiz |
| Doctoral student | Frederic Ward Putnam |
| Archives at | Archives De L'État De Neuchâtel , level of description: fonds |
| Given name | Rodolphe , series ordinal: 3 |
| Name in native language | Jean Louis Rodolphe Agassiz |
| National Library of Israel identifier | 000007380 |
| Commons Creator page | Louis Agassiz |
| NLP ID (unique) | 9810680348105606 |
| Writing language | German |
| CiNii author ID (books) | DA05053886 |
| Libris-URI | Gdsw549039fq8h1 |
| Author citation (zoology) | Agassiz |
