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jean louis rodolphe agassiz

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Ag⋅as⋅siz

[ag-uh-see; for 2 also Fr. a-ga-see]
–noun
1. Alexander, 1835–1910, U.S. oceanographer and marine zoologist, born in Switzerland.
2. his father, (Jean) Louis (Ro⋅dolphe) [zhahn lwee raw-dawlf] , 1807–73, U.S. zoologist and geologist, born in Switzerland.
3. Elizabeth Cabot Cary, 1822–1907, U.S. author and educator, a founder and the first president (1894–1903) of Radcliffe College.
4. Lake, a lake existing in the prehistoric Pleistocene Epoch in central N America. 700 mi. (1127 km) long.
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Agassiz,   (Jean)
Swiss-born American naturalist noted for his study of fossil fish and for recognizing from geologic evidence that ice ages had occurred in the Northern Hemisphere.
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