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Louis Agassiz

Also Known As L. Agassiz · J. L. R. Agassiz · Jean Louis Rudolph Agassiz · Agassiz
Geologist

Swiss-born American biologist and geologist recognized as a scholar of Earth's natural history. The Wikipedia summary lead consulted for this mint is a single short sentence; his glacial theory and Ice Age contributions, the reason he is placed in this atlas's Geology and Glaciology disciplines, are named here as a gap for the depth wave to source and add. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

Facts
Birth Date
1807-05-28 1
Birth Year
1807 1
Death Date
1873-12-14 1
Death Year
1873 1
Birthplace
Môtier 2
Death Place
Cambridge 2
Nationality
Swiss-American 1
Nationality
Switzerland 2
Nationality
United States 2
Connections

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Geology, Disciplines
Source Louis Agassiz (Wikipedia)
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Nationality

Switzerland

Also in Geography Atlas: the nationality of this subject.

Source Louis Agassiz (Wikipedia)tier 2
United States

Also in Geography Atlas: the nationality of this subject.

Source Louis Agassiz (Wikipedia)tier 2
Sources
1. Louis Agassiz (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia FoundationLead section
Quote, Lead section
was a Swiss-born American biologist and geologist who is recognized as a scholar of Earth's natural history
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2. Louis Agassiz (Wikidata)
  • P19 (place of birth)
    born in Môtier
  • P20 (place of death)
    died in Cambridge
  • Wikidata item aliases (en) [1]
    also known as L. Agassiz
  • Wikidata item aliases (en) [2]
    also known as J. L. R. Agassiz
  • Wikidata item aliases (en) [3]
    also known as Jean Louis Rudolph Agassiz
  • Wikidata item aliases (en) [4]
    also known as Agassiz
  • P27 (country of citizenship) [1]
    citizen of Switzerland
  • P27 (country of citizenship) [2]
    citizen of United States
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Wikidata: Louis Agassiz
Wikidata Q122972, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)View the Source
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