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Alexander Agassiz

Alexander Emanuel Agassiz, Swiss-American ichthyologist and engineer (died 1910)

Born
December 17, 1835
Died
March 27, 1910
Zodiac sign
Sagittarius
Birth year
1835

About Alexander Agassiz

Alexander Emmanuel Rodolphe Agassiz (December 17, 1835 – March 27, 1910), was an American scientist and engineer. He was the son of Louis Agassiz and stepson of Elizabeth Cabot Agassiz,. Up until the summer of 1866, Agassiz worked as assistant curator in the museum of natural history that his father founded at Harvard.

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The world when Alexander Agassiz was born

Alexander Agassiz was born in 1835. The year snapshot below places that birthday in its cultural and historical setting: the music and films people were following, the headlines shaping public life, and the everyday prices families encountered.

Headlines and milestones

  • Top headlineTexas Revolution begins — Battle of the Alamo
  • Technology milestoneSamuel Colt patents the revolver
  • World population~1.15B

United States snapshot

  • U.S. leaderAndrew Jackson
  • U.S. population15.0M

1835 versus 2026

These figures put everyday life in Alexander Agassiz's birth year beside the site's latest United States snapshot.

Measure18352026
Population15.0M341 million

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