Louis and Elizabeth Agassiz
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Shorelander
N 42° 22.464 W 071° 06.867
19T E 325912 N 4693512
The site of the home of Louis & Elizabeth Agassiz.
Waymark Code: WM9Z8
Location: Massachusetts, United States
Date Posted: 04/05/2006
Views: 16
At 32 Quincy Street, on the site currently occupied by the Fogg Art Museum, once stood the home of Louis & Elizabeth Agassiz. The plaque, which stands in front of the building, reads:
"Louis and Elizabeth Agassiz - Swiss naturalist Louis Agassiz (1807-1873) and Elizabeth Cabot Cary Agassiz (1822-1907), first president of Radcliffe College, lived in a house on this site from 1854 to 1907."
Louis Agassiz was the first to scientifically propose that Earth had experienced an Ice Age.
Agency Responsible for Placement: Cambridge Historical Commission
County: Middlesex
City/Town Name: Cambridge
Relevant Web Site: [Web Link]
Agency Responsible for Placement (if not in list above): Not listed
Year Placed: Not listed
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