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  1. Elizabeth Cabot Agassiz (pseudonym, Actaea; née Cary; December 5, 1822 – June 27, 1907) was an American educator, naturalist, writer, and the co-founder and first president of Radcliffe College. A researcher of natural history , she was an author and illustrator of natural history texts as well as a co-author of natural history texts with ...

  2. Died: June 27, 1907, Arlington Heights, Mass. (aged 84) Founder: Harvard University. Notable Family Members: spouse Louis Agassiz. Elizabeth Cabot Agassiz (born Dec. 5, 1822, Boston, Mass., U.S.—died June 27, 1907, Arlington Heights, Mass.) was an American naturalist and educator who was the first president of Radcliffe College, Cambridge ...

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  4. Elizabeth Cabot Agassiz, née Cary *December 5, 1822 (Boston, Massachusetts, United States) †June 27, 1907 (Arlington, Massachusetts, United States)

  5. Elizabeth Cabot Cary Agassiz (Boston, 1822 - 1907, Arlington, Massachusetts) - subject Full title. Elizabeth Cabot Cary Agassiz. Creation Date. about 1880. Language. English. Provenance

  6. Born 5 December 1822, Boston, Massachusetts; died 27 June 1907, Arlington, Massachusetts. Wrote under: Actinea, Elizabeth Cary Agassiz, Mrs. Louis Agassiz Daughter of Thomas Graves and Mary Ann Cushing PerkinsCary; married Louis Agassiz, 1850.

  7. Aug 5, 2021 · Elizabeth Cabot Cary Agassiz (1822-1907), the second woman elected to membership in the American Philosophical Society (1869), contributed significantly to science and championed women’s education. Ironically, the woman who would become the co-founder of Radcliffe College in Cambridge, Massachusetts was the only one of the five Cary daughters who, because of her delicate health, never ...

  8. Elizabeth Cabot Agassiz, an American teacher and writer, born in Boston. In 1850 she was married to the great naturalist, Louis Agassiz, whom she accompanied to Brazil (1865 – 1866), and on the Hassler expedition in 1871 – 1872.. Her writings include: A first Lesson in Natural History (1859), and the Lie of Louis Agassiz (1885). She became ...