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The group known as the Agassiz Zoologists consisted of: | The group known as the Agassiz Zoologists consisted of: Edward S. Morse (Dir. of Peabody Museum), | ||
Alpheus Hyatt, A.S. Packard, Jr. and F. W. Putnam. | Alpheus Hyatt, A.S. Packard, Jr. and F. W. Putnam. Many studied under the Harvard scientist and lecturer Louis Agassiz. | ||
They started the American Naturalist. | Louis Agassiz (May 28, 1807 – December 14, 1873) was a Swiss paleontologist, glaciologist, geologist and a prominent innovator in the study of the Earth's natural history. Harvard appointed him professor of zoology and geology, and he founded the Museum of Comparative Zoology there in 1859 serving as the museum's first director until his death in 1873. | ||
The Salem based Agassiz Zoologists clashed with the Harvard teacher, as he resisted Darwin's theories of evolution, and they believed it worth studying. | |||
They started the ''American Naturalist''. | |||
[[Category:Browse Index]] | [[Category:Browse Index]] | ||
==See Also== | ==See Also== | ||
Revision as of 11:45, 1 February 2012
The group known as the Agassiz Zoologists consisted of: Edward S. Morse (Dir. of Peabody Museum), Alpheus Hyatt, A.S. Packard, Jr. and F. W. Putnam. Many studied under the Harvard scientist and lecturer Louis Agassiz. Louis Agassiz (May 28, 1807 – December 14, 1873) was a Swiss paleontologist, glaciologist, geologist and a prominent innovator in the study of the Earth's natural history. Harvard appointed him professor of zoology and geology, and he founded the Museum of Comparative Zoology there in 1859 serving as the museum's first director until his death in 1873. The Salem based Agassiz Zoologists clashed with the Harvard teacher, as he resisted Darwin's theories of evolution, and they believed it worth studying.
They started the American Naturalist.
