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Alexander Agassiz

Alexander Emmanuel Rodolphe Agassiz (December 17, 1835 – March 27, 1910), son of Louis Agassiz and stepson of Elizabeth Cabot Agassiz, was an American scientist and engineer.[1]

Alexander Agassiz

Alexander Emmanuel Rodolphe Agassiz

(1835-12-17)December 17, 1835
Neuchâtel, Switzerland

March 27, 1910(1910-03-27) (aged 74)

North Atlantic Ocean (aboard the RMS Adriatic)

Swiss, American

Harvard University (AB, BS)

3, including Rodolphe Louis Agassiz

American Philosophical Society (1862)
Pour le Mérite (German order)

A. Agassiz, A. Ag.

Legacy[edit]

Alexander Agassiz is commemorated in the scientific name of a species of lizard, Anolis agassizi, and a fish, Leptochilichthys agassizii.[13][14]


A statue of Alexander Agassiz erected in 1923 is located in Calumet, Michigan, next to his summer home where he stayed while fulfilling his duties as the President of the Calumet and Hecla Mining Company. The Company Headquarters, Agassiz' statue, and many other buildings and landmarks from the now defunct company are today administered and maintained by the Keweenaw National Historical Park, whose headquarters overlook the statue of Agassiz.[15] A major building of the Hopkins Marine Station is named after him.

Agassiz, Alexander (1863). Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 1 (2): 17–28.

"List of the echinoderms sent to different institutions in exchange for other specimens, with annotations".

Agassiz, Elizabeth C., and Alexander Agassiz (1865). Boston: Ticknor and Fields.

Seaside Studies in Natural History.

Agassiz, Alexander (1872–1874). Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 3: 1–762. Plates

"Illustrated Catalogue of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, at Harvard College. No. VII. Revision of the Echini. Parts 1–4".

Agassiz, Alexander (1877). Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 5 (1): 1–136.

"North American starfishes".

Agassiz, Alexander (1881). Report of the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger During the Years 1873–76. Zoology. 9: 1–321.

"Report on the Echinoidea dredged by H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873–1876".

Agassiz, Alexander (1903). Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 14: 1–314.

"Three cruises of the United States Coast and Geodetic Survey steamer 'Blake' in the Gulf of Mexico, in the Caribbean Sea, and along the Atlantic coast of the United States, from 1877 to 1880. Vol I".

Agassiz, Alexander (1903). Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 15: 1–220.

"Three cruises of the United States Coast and Geodetic Survey steamer 'Blake' in the Gulf of Mexico, in the Caribbean Sea, and along the Atlantic coast of the United States, from 1877 to 1880. Vol II".

Agassiz, Alexander (1903). Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 28: 1–410. Plates I. Plates II. Plates III.

"The coral reefs of the tropical Pacific".

Agassiz, Alexander (1903). Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 29: 1–168.

"The coral reefs of the Maldives".

Agassiz, Alexander (1904). Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 31: 1–243. Plates.

"The Panamic deep sea Echini".

Agassiz family

Agassiz, George (1913). . Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin Co.

Letters and Recollections of Alexander Agassiz with a sketch of his life and work

Dupree, A. Hunter (1970). "Alexander Agassiz". . Vol. 1. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons. pp. 71–72. ISBN 978-0-684-10114-9.

Dictionary of Scientific Biography

Murray, John (1911). "". Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 54 (3). pp 139–158.

Alexander Agassiz: His Life and Scientific Work

at Biodiversity Heritage Library

Works by Alexander Agassiz

at Internet Archive

Works by or about Alexander Agassiz

at Project Gutenberg

Works by Alexander Emanuel Agassiz

in the catalogue Helveticat of the Swiss National Library

Publications by and about Alexander Agassiz

Archived July 16, 2012, at the Wayback Machine

National Mining Hall of Fame: Alexander Agassiz

National Academy of Sciences Biographical Memoir

Preserving many significant buildings and an archives of the Calumet and Hecla Mining Company and Alexander Agassiz.

Keweenaw National Historical Park