Alexander Emmanuel Rodolphe Agassiz ( 1835 - 1910 )

Birth: Neuchatel, Switzerland (17 December 1835) Death: 27 March 1910 Research Field: Zoology, oceanography, engineering Education: Harvard (graduated 1855) Career: Went to the United States with his father (1846); Assistant, US coast survey (1859); Superintendent, Calumnet and Hecla copper mines, Lake Superior; surveyed Lake Titicaca, Peru, and studied copper mines in Peru and Chile (1875); made dredging expeditions; studied coral islands; died at sea on board the Adriatic, returning to the United States Membership: Foreign Member Election Date: 26/11/1891.