Alexander Agassiz (1835-1910) 



Born in Neuchatel, Switzerland, he emigrated to the United 

 States in 1849 with his father, Jean Louis Randolphe Agassiz, 

 later the famed Harvard University naturalist. Alexander was a 

 specialist in marine ichthyology assisting Sir Wyville Thomson in 

 the examination and classification of the examination and 

 classification of the collections of England's Challenger Explor- 

 ing Expedition. He also conducted several scientific expeditions 

 for the Coast Survey and U.S. Fish Commission. Throughout his 

 active career he remained associated with Harvard's Museum of 

 Comparative Zoology. 



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