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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: WordNetA daguerrotype of Renty, a man enslaved on a South Carolina plantation, taken in 1850 by J.T. Zealy for scientist Louis Agassiz. Source: Internet
It is a common name for the oldest living line of Sarcopterygii, citation referring to the hollow caudal fin rays of the first fossil specimen described and named by Louis Agassiz in 1839. Source: Internet
The history of these images begins in the early 19 century with the Swiss scientist Louis Agassiz. Source: Internet
This theory and Louis Agassiz work in particular became center to many “scientific” explanations of white supremacy and was often used as a justification for the supposed moral righteousness of the practice of slavery. Source: Internet
In addition, Louis Agassiz of Switzerland established his reputation through the study of freshwater fishes and the first comprehensive treatment of paleoichthyology, Poissons Fossiles. Source: Internet