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The Biographical Dictionary of America/Agassiz, Jean Louis Rudolphe
AGASSIZ, Jean Louis Rudolphe, naturalist, was born in the village of Motier-en-Vuly, in the Canton Fribourg, Switzerland, May 28, 1807, son of Louis Rudolphe and Rose (Mayor) Agassiz.
His father was a Protestant clergyman, as had been his progenitors for six generations.
Jean Louis Rodolphe Agassiz, Swiss-born American naturalist and glaciologist c Jean Louis Rodolphe Agassiz.
His mother, the daughter of a physician, a woman of intellect and refinement, assisted her husband in the education of her boys. Louis early developed a passionate fondness for birds and animals of all sorts, and he observed their habits and characteristics with great accuracy and intelligence.
In the parsonage garden stood a large stone basin full of spring water, and in this the embryo ichthyologist had quite a collection of fishes before he was five years of age. In 1817 he was sent to a gymnasium at Bienne, where he became proficient in ancient and modern languages.
In 1822 he entered the college at Lausanne, where he had access to a