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Louis Agassiz

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Noun

1. agassiz, jean louis rodolphe agassiz, louis agassiz

United States naturalist (born in Switzerland) who studied fossil fish; recognized geological evidence that ice ages had occurred in North America (1807-1873)

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Louis Agassiz

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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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