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   Louis Agassiz (born May 28, 1807, Motier, Switzerland—died December 14, 1873, Cambridge, Massachusetts, U.S.) was a Swiss-born American naturalist, geologist, and teacher who made revolutionary contributions to the study of natural science with landmark work on glacier activity and extinct fishes.

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   May 3, 2024 · Louis Agassiz, The Swiss-American naturalist was an outstanding comparative anatomist who studied many kinds of animals in Europe and America. Louis Agassiz promulgated the glacial theory and opposed Darwin’s theory of evolution by natural selection.

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   Who was Louis Agassiz?

   • Louis Agassiz was a Swiss-born American naturalist, geologist, and teacher who made revolutionary contributions to the study of natural science with landmark work on glacier activity and extinct fishes. He achieved lasting fame through his innovative teaching methods, which altered the character of

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   Who was Jean Louis Rodolphe Agassiz?

   • Jean Louis Rodolphe Agassiz was a Swiss-born American biologist and geologist. His works in Natural History of Earth had given him much fame during his time. Born on May 28, 1807, in Motier’s village (now a part of Haut-Valley), his father was Priest and Protestant, while his mother was the daughter of a Physician.

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   What happened to Louis Agassiz?

   • In 2017, the Swiss Alpine Club declined to revoke Agassiz's status as a member of honor, which he received in 1865 for his scientific work, because the club considered that status to have lapsed on Agassiz's death. In 2020, the Stanford Department of Psychology asked for a statue of Louis Agassiz to be removed from the front façade of its building.

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   Was Louis Agassiz a creationist?

   • Here now we see the controversy surrounding Louis Agassiz. Agassiz was essentially a creationist who believed the natural order was a work of God. When Agassiz arrived in the United States, he wrote much on the topic of polygenism. Polygenism is essentially the idea that the races were created separately.

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   May 1, 2024 · The first iron lung was invented in 1927 by Philip Drinker and Louis Agassiz Shaw at Harvard University; it was implemented with patients in 1929. The machine, known as the Drinker respirator, consisted of an airtight chamber that enclosed the body, with bellows attached at the foot end and a rubber seal at the opposite end to prevent air ...

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   May 4, 2024 · Louis Agassiz by William James. Publication date 1960 Publisher Printed for the University Collection internetarchivebooks Contributor Internet Archive Language English.

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   May 1, 2024 · Louis Agassiz (d. 1873) was famous for his work in biology and geology, and apparently specialised in fish and glaciers. These days he is ‘on the nose’ for his view that the human races are different species. (So much for us all being in the image of God, and certainly no historical Adam there.)

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   May 19, 2024 · Definitions of Louis Agassiz. noun. United States naturalist (born in Switzerland) who studied fossil fish; recognized geological evidence that ice ages had occurred in North America (1807-1873) synonyms: Agassiz, Jean Louis Rodolphe Agassiz. see more. Cite this entry. Style: MLA. "Louis Agassiz."