THE INCORPORATORS 
Epwarp Hitrcucock, Massachusetts. 
J. S. Hussarp, United States Naval 
Observatory, Connecticut. 
A. A. Humpureys, United States 
Army, Pennsylvania. 
J. L. Le Conte, United States Army, 
Pennsylvania. 
J. Lemy, Pennsylvania. 
J. P. Lestry, Pennsylvania. 
M. F. LoncstreTH, Pennsylvania. 
D. H. Mauan, United States Mili- 
tary Academy, Virginia. 
J. S. Newperry, Ohio. 
H. A. Newton, Connecticut. 
BENJAMIN PEIRCE, Massachusetts. 
JoHN Ropcers, United States Navy, 
Indiana. 
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FarrMAN Rocers, Pennsylvania. 
R. E. Rocers, Pennsylvania. 
W. B. Rocers, Massachusetts. 
L. M. RuTHERFuRD, New York. 
JosEPH SAxToN, at large. 
BENJAMIN SILLIMAN, Connecticut. 
BENJAMIN SILLIMAN, JR., Connec- 
ticut. 
THEODORE STRONG, New Jersey. 
JoHN Torrey, New York. 
J. G. Torren, United States Army, 
Connecticut. 
JosEPH WINLocK, United States Nau- 
tical Almanac, Kentucky. 
JeFrrrigEs WyMAN, Massachusetts. 
J. D. Wuirney, California. 
LOUIS AGASSIZ 
Born, May 28, 1807; died, December 14, 1873 
Arnold Guyot remarked of Agassiz in 1878: 
“ Agassiz, in more senses than one, is a unique figure in the history of the 
scientific progress of our day. In Europe he already occupied among men of 
science a position in some manner exceptional, I may say privileged, which no 
other scientific man of equal or even superior merit has enjoyed. In this country, 
during the last quarter of a century, he has been in the popular mind, more 
than any other man, the representative of the faithful, unflinching devotee of 
natural science. 
“In both hemispheres he found crowds of enthusiastic admirers; in both he 
became the center of a marvelous scientific activity, the guide of numerous fol- 
lowers in the investigation of the mysteries of nature. Such facts reveal an 
individuality of uncommon power which deserves our special attention.” 
Louis Agassiz was born at Motier, in the Swiss Canton of 
Vaud, on May 28, 1807. He was the son of the pastor of the 
village church, and was descended from French Huguenots. 
His father accepted a call to the town of Orbe, at the foot of the 
Jura, and young Agassiz’s boyhood was spent among those 
impressive surroundings, which doubtless first served to arouse 
in him an interest in the study of nature. He returned hither in 
