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United States naturalist (born in Switzerland) who studied fossil fish; recognized geological evidence that ice ages had occurred in North America (1807-1873)
Source: WordNetAdaptation takes time; in an example, Agassiz questioned how plants or animals could migrate through regions they were not equipped to handle. Source: Internet
A daguerrotype of Renty, a man enslaved on a South Carolina plantation, taken in 1850 by J.T. Zealy for scientist Louis Agassiz. Source: Internet
Agassiz also believed that the writers of the Bible did not know about any events other than what was going on in their own region and their intermediate neighbors. Source: Internet
Agassiz continued to live at Calumet, making gradual progress in stabilizing the mining operations, such that he was able to leave the mines under the control of a general manager and return to Boston in 1868 before winter closed navigation. Source: Internet
Agassiz Glacier and Agassiz Creek in Glacier National Park and Mount Agassiz in Bethlehem, New Hampshire in the White Mountains also bear his name. Source: Internet
Agassiz was grateful for the help the women had given him in examining fossil fish specimens during his visit to Lyme Regis in 1834. Source: Internet