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gptkbp:instanceOf
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scientist
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gptkbp:affiliation
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gptkb:American_Academy_of_Arts_and_Sciences
gptkb:National_Academy_of_Sciences
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gptkbp:associatedWith
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gptkb:Harvard_University
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gptkbp:awards
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gptkb:Copley_Medal
Royal Medal
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gptkbp:born
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May 28, 1807
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gptkbp:child
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gptkb:George_Agassiz
gptkb:Alexander_Agassiz
gptkb:William_Agassiz
gptkb:Mary_Agassiz
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gptkbp:contribution
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classification of fish
advocacy for scientific education
development of natural history museums
study of glaciers
theory of ice ages
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gptkbp:died
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December 14, 1873
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gptkbp:education
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gptkb:University_of_Munich
gptkb:University_of_Erlangen
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gptkbp:field
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natural history
glaciology
ichthyology
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https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
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Louis Agassiz
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gptkbp:influenced
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gptkb:Charles_Darwin
gptkb:John_Muir
gptkb:Louis_Pasteur
gptkb:Alfred_Russel_Wallace
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gptkbp:knownFor
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contributions to glacial theory
founding_the_Museum_of_Comparative_Zoology
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gptkbp:legacy
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gptkb:Agassiz_Glacier
gptkb:Agassiz_Lake
gptkb:Agassiz_Horn
Agassiz's_influence_on_American_science
Agassiz's_theory_of_glaciation
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gptkbp:nationality
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Swiss
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gptkbp:notableFeature
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gptkb:William_James
gptkb:John_Wesley_Powell
gptkb:Alexander_Agassiz
gptkb:George_Brown_Goode
gptkb:David_Starr_Jordan
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gptkbp:placeOfBirth
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gptkb:Môtier,_Switzerland
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gptkbp:placeOfDeath
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gptkb:Cambridge,_Massachusetts,_USA
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gptkbp:researchFocus
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marine biology
environmental science
glacial geology
zoology
paleontology
fossil fish
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gptkbp:spouse
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gptkb:Elizabeth_Cabot_Cary_Agassiz
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gptkbp:wrote
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Essay on Classification
The Lake Superior Region
The_Geographical_Distribution_of_Animals
The_Natural_History_of_the_United_States
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