Agassiz, Louis

Louis Agassiz was a prominent Swiss-American naturalist and geologist, known for his contributions to the study of glaciers and paleontology in the 19th century. He advocated for the idea of an Ice Age, theorizing that large parts of the Earth had been covered by ice sheets. Agassiz also emphasized the importance of observational science and was an influential educator, founding the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard University. His work laid the groundwork for understanding climate change and species adaptation, though his views on race and the classification of humans have been widely criticized today.