Jean Louis Rodolphe Agassiz

GPTKB entity

Statements (51)
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gptkb:Wollaston_Medal
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gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:deathDate 1873-12-14
gptkbp:deathPlace gptkb:Cambridge,_Massachusetts,_United_States
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gptkb:University_of_Munich
gptkb:University_of_Zurich
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gptkbp:fieldOfWork geology
ichthyology
natural history
paleontology
glaciology
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Jean Louis Rodolphe Agassiz
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gptkb:David_Starr_Jordan
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gptkb:Georges_Cuvier
gptkbp:knownFor ichthyology
paleontology
study of glaciers
founding the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard University
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gptkb:American_Philosophical_Society
gptkb:Royal_Society
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Swiss
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gptkb:Études_sur_les_Glaciers
gptkb:Recherches_sur_les_poissons_fossiles
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gptkb:geologist
gptkb:scientist
biologist
gptkbp:religion gptkb:Protestantism
gptkbp:restingPlace gptkb:Mount_Auburn_Cemetery
gptkbp:signature Agassiz signature.svg
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gptkb:Elizabeth_Cabot_Cary
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