Agassiz
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Agassiz family
- Louis AgassizLouis AgassizJean Louis Rodolphe Agassiz was a Swiss paleontologist, glaciologist, geologist and a prominent innovator in the study of the Earth's natural history. He grew up in Switzerland and became a professor of natural history at University of Neuchâtel...
(1807–1873), Swiss-U.S. zoologist, glaciologist, and geologist - Elizabeth Cabot AgassizElizabeth Cabot AgassizElizabeth Cabot Agassiz was an American educator, and the co-founder and first president of Radcliffe College.-Life:...
(1822–1907), educator; wife of Louis - Alexander Emanuel AgassizAlexander Emanuel AgassizAlexander Emmanuel Rodolphe Agassiz , son of Louis Agassiz and stepson of Elizabeth Cabot Agassiz, was an American scientist and engineer.-Biography:...
(1835–1910), U.S. scientist and engineer; son of Louis and Elizabeth - See also Agassiz familyAgassiz familyThe Agassiz Family is a family of Swiss origin, hailing from the small village of Agiez near Lake Neuchatel. The family has included a number of high profile members, such as the scientists Louis and Alexander Agassiz, as well as the founder of the Longines watch firm, Auguste Agassiz.-Family...
Namesakes
Various things have been named after members of the Agassiz family:Landforms
- Lake AgassizLake AgassizLake Agassiz was an immense glacial lake located in the center of North America. Fed by glacial runoff at the end of the last glacial period, its area was larger than all of the modern Great Lakes combined, and it held more water than contained by all lakes in the world today.-Conception:First...
, a prehistoric glacial lake in North America- Agassiz BrewingAgassiz BrewingThe Agassiz Brewing Company is based in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. It is named for the prehistoric glacial Lake Agassiz which once covered much of Manitoba...
Company, named for the prehistoric lake
- Agassiz Brewing
- Agassiz GlacierAgassiz GlacierAgassiz Glacier is located in the U.S. state of Montana in Glacier National Park . It is named after Louis Agassiz, a Swiss-American glaciologist. The glacier is situated in a cirque to the southeast of Kintla Peak west of the Continental Divide. Agassiz Glacier is one of several glaciers that have...
, Glacier National Park, Montana - Agassiz Ice CapAgassiz Ice CapAgassiz Ice Cap is an ice cap on the northern coast of Ellesmere Island, Nunavut, Canada.-References:...
, an ice cap on Ellesmere Island, Nunavut, Canada - Agassiz PeakAgassiz PeakAgassiz Peak is the second highest mountain in U.S. state of Arizona at . It is located in the San Francisco Peaks within the Coconino National Forest near Flagstaff, Arizona. The peak was named for Louis Agassiz, the celebrated naturalist....
, second-highest point in Arizona - Agassiz RockAgassiz RockAgassiz Rock is a park in Manchester-by-the-Sea, Massachusetts that is owned and maintained by The Trustees of Reservations. It takes its name from two dramatic examples of large boulders plucked from bedrock and carried by the glaciers....
, park in Massachusetts containing glacial boulders, named for Louis Agassiz - Mount Agassiz (California)Mount Agassiz (California)Mount Agassiz, at , is one of the twenty highest peaks of California. It is the northernmost, and easiest to climb, major summit of the Palisades.-Geography:Agassiz is at the north end of the Palisades in the eastern Sierra Nevada, near Bishop Pass...
, in the eastern Sierra - Mount Agassiz (Utah)Mount Agassiz (Utah)Mount Agassiz is a peak in the Uinta Mountain Range. Its elevation is 12,248 feet. It is named after Louis Agassiz,a well-known paleontologist, glaciologist and geologist....
, a peak in the Uinta Mountains
Communities
- Agassiz, British ColumbiaAgassiz, British ColumbiaAgassiz is a small community located in British Columbia's Fraser Valley. The only town within the jurisdiction of the District Municipality of Kent, it contains the majority of Kent's population.-References:...
, a Canadian town - Agassiz, Cambridge, MassachusettsAgassiz, Cambridge, MassachusettsAgassiz, also called Harvard North or "Area 8", is a neighborhood of Cambridge, Massachusetts, bounded by Massachusetts Avenue on the west, Cambridge Street, Quincy Street, and Kirkland Street on the south, Porter Square on the north, and the Somerville border on the northeast.In 2005 it had a...
, a neighborhood in the United States
Animals
- Gopherus agassizii, the Desert TortoiseDesert TortoiseThe desert tortoise is a species of tortoise native to the Mojave desert and Sonoran desert of the southwestern United States and northwestern Mexico. They can be located in western Arizona, southeastern California, southern Nevada, and southwestern Utah. The species name agassizii is in honor of...
- Agassiz's perchletAgassiz's perchletAgassiz's perchlet is a species of fish in the Ambassidae family. It is endemic to Australia. It was named for the zoologist Louis Agassiz.-Source:...
, a fish endemic to Australia
Other uses
Of uncertain derivation:- AgassicerasAgassicerasAgassiceras is a Lower Jurassic ammonite from the Sinemurian stage in Europe. Agassiceras belongs to the psiloceratacean family, Arietitidae, and is characterized by being compressed with a sharp venter and feeble straight ribs that may bifurcate near the umbilical edge.-References:*Arkell et al,...
, an extinct genus of cephalopod belonging to the Ammonite subclass - Agassiz Township, Lac qui Parle County, Minnesota, a small town in the USA
- Agassiz WildernessAgassiz WildernessAgassiz Wilderness was designated in 1976 by the United States Congress and has a total of 4,000 acres . It is located in the U.S. state of Minnesota. The wilderness is in Agassiz National Wildlife Refuge and is managed by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service...
, a designated wilderness area in Minnesota, USA - Agassiz (electoral district)Agassiz (electoral district)Agassiz is a provincial electoral division in the Canadian province of Manitoba. It was created by redistribution in 2008 and was created out of parts of Ste. Rose and Turtle Mountain....
, an electoral district in Manitoba.