Louis Agassiz (1807âÂÂ1873) was a Swiss-born American biologist and geologist who is recognized as a scholar of Earth's natural history.
Agassiz may also refer to:
People
Agassiz is a surname of Arpitan origin. Like many Arpitan anthroponyms, the final -z only marks paroxytonic stress and should not be pronounced. Nevertheless, it is often pronounced in French through hypercorrection.
Places
North America
Canada
United States
Elsewhere
Communities
- Agassiz, British Columbia, Canada
- Agassiz station (British Columbia), a railway station
- Agassiz, Cambridge, Massachusetts, U.S.
- Agassiz Township, Lac qui Parle County, Minnesota, U.S.
- Agassiz Wilderness, in Minnesota, US
- Agassiz National Wildlife Refuge in Minnesota, US
- Agassiz (electoral district), in Manitoba, Canada
Other uses
- Agassiz Brewing Company, a Canadian brewery named for the prehistoric lake
- Agassiz School, a historic building in Ottumwa, Iowa, U.S.
- Agassiz Station, now Oak Ridge Observatory, in Massachusetts, U.S.
- Hotel Agassiz, a historic building in Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.
- , a ship of the Royal Canadian Navy
- , a ship of the United States Navy
- USCGC Agassiz (WSC-126), a ship of the United States Coast Guard
See also