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Louis Agassiz. (Great Geographers).(Biography)

By Lee, Jeffrey A.
Publication: Focus
Date: Sunday, December 22 2002

Louis Agassiz (1807-1873) was a leading natural historian of the Nineteenth Century. Although he devoted most of his time to studies of zoology, Agassiz is the person most responsible for the 'glacial theory' that ice covered large portions of earth's surface in times past. Born in a French speaking part of Switzerland, he had a mostly rural childhood and loved the natural world he found all around him; he was particularly interested in fish and began at age 11 to keep detailed notes on his findings. At age 15 his parents wanted Louis to apprentice with a businessman or study for

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