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Show LOUIS AGASSIZ DEAD. ; j Agasoiz, one of the greiU&tof mod- .J urn naturalists, died on Hunday evening. even-ing. Noted alike in the Old World j and the New, hi name must Jivc while science lasts or man exists. Born in Orbe, Switzerland, in 1-07, he early became an earnest student of nature and or natural history, and ;it the universities of Heiilelberg and Munich he prepared himself for the great work that he has since accomplished, accom-plished, 'crimps the mct ;. widely celebrated of all his writings was his "Studies of Glaciers," which ftartled the whole world and at oiu'C placed its orgiiniJition in the front rank of scientific men. In IWU Agassis, took up his residence in the United States. Here he has been prominent iu every department of the science, to w hich his life has been devoted, and his name is one of the most familiar oj all the great names of the country. InlSIThc was appointed f'mtcssor of Zoology and Geology at the Cambridge Cam-bridge Scientific School, Mass., considered con-sidered the highest scientific professorship profes-sorship iu America. Ke has also held "the iosition of Proi'cworof Compart eve Anatomy at the , Medical, . School, Charleston, S. C, as well as of Pjo fessor of Natural History at Cornel University, and a similar position rtt Harvard. His published works are innumerable. His life has been one incessant round of work, "and it ends at almost its full three score years and ten, a proud honor to his : adopted country and an immeasurable benefit to the entire world. We Hack space to speak more in detail of Ins great achievements. His latest undertaking undertak-ing was the foundation of a scientific school in' Massachusetts, which kuj proved a fl ittering success. ' ' |