Agassiz, Louis (Naturalist)

Louis Agassiz was a 19th-century Swiss-American naturalist and geologist renowned for his work on glaciers, fossils, and the classification of natural history. He contributed significantly to understanding Earth's ice ages and the history of life through detailed studies of fossils and ice formations. Agassiz emphasized the importance of direct observation and evidence in science, helping advance the fields of paleontology and geology. However, his views on race have been discredited and are now recognized as racist and false, reflecting problematic aspects of his legacy.