Person
Louis Agassiz
Swiss paleontologist, glaciologist, geologist and a prominent innovator in the study of the Earth's natural history
Jean Louis Rodolphe Agassiz (May 28, 1807 – December 14, 1873) is a Swiss paleontologist, glaciologist, geologist and a prominent innovator in the study of the Earth's natural history.
He grows up in Switzerland and becomes a professor of natural history at University of Neuchâtel.
Later, he accepts a professorship at Harvard University in the United States.