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| Born | Alexander Emmanuel Rodolphe Agassiz December 17, 1835 Neuchâtel, Switzerland |
| Died | March 27, 1910 (aged 74) North Atlantic Ocean (aboard the RMS Adriatic) |
| Nationality | Swiss, American |
| Alma mater | Harvard University (AB, BS) |
| Children | 3, including Rodolphe Louis Agassiz |
| Father | Louis Agassiz |
| Awards | American Philosophical Society (1862) Pour le Mérite (German order) |
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| Author abbrev. (zoology) | A. Agassiz, A. Ag. |
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Alexander Emmanuel Rodolphe Agassiz (December 17, 1835 – March 27, 1910), son of Louis Agassiz and stepson of Elizabeth Cabot Agassiz, was an American scientist and engineer.[1]
- ^ The Guide to Nature. 1910.
Alexander Emmanuel Rudolph Agassiz, better known to the world as Alexander Agassiz, simply, was for nearly half a century, in portions of the 19th and 20th, one of the most remarkable scientists of his time, but, unlike nearly all others who have devoted their lives to original research, he was a man of wealth which counted among the millions.