USGS Multimedia Gallery: J. Louis Agassiz

Title: J. Louis Agassiz

Description: This portrait of J. Louis Agassiz(1807-1873) was done in the 1920s by Abner Lowe. Agassiz was a pioneer in the field of glacial studies and the effects that they had on the Earth. His work was some of the first to suggest that there had been an ice age on Earth, and that the boulder and rock deposits had not been made by the great flood of the Bible. Object ID: USGS-575003

Location: USA

Photographer: USGS Museum Staff , U.S. Geological Survey

Usage: This image is public domain/of free use unless otherwise stated. Please refer to the USGS Copyright section for how to credit the photo.

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Dimensions: 450 x 539

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