Jean Louis Agassiz
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Date: c. 1840s
Citation: Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 95, Box 1, Folder: 23
Professor Louis Agassiz, 1807-1873, a citizen of Massachusetts, was appointed a member of the Smithsonian Board of Regents February 21, 1863. He was a leading nineteenth century biologist, opponent of Charles Darwin's theory of evolution, and founder of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard University.
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Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 95, Box 1, Folder: 23
Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Institution Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, SIHistory@si.edu
c. 1840s
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79-10451
Color: Black and White; Size: 8w x 10h; Type of Image: Portrait; Medium: Photographic print