Elizabeth Cabot Agassiz: Biography, Facts and Career
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Elizabeth Cabot Agassiz (pseudonym, Actaea; née Cary; December 5, 1822 – June 27, 1907) was an American educator, naturalist, writer, and the co-founder and first president of Radcliffe College. A researcher of natural history, she was an author and illustrator of natural history texts as well as a co-author of natural history texts with her husband, Louis Agassiz, and her stepson Alexander Agassiz. Agassiz traveled to Brazil with her husband from 1865 to 1866, and on the Hassler expedition from 1871 to 1872; of the second, she wrote an account for the Atlantic Monthly. She published A First Lesson in Natural History (Boston, 1859) and edited Geological Sketches (1866).
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- Full name: Elizabeth Cabot Agassiz
- Born: 1822-12-05
- Nationality: United States
- Known as: Author
- Wikidata ID: Q272750
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Who is Elizabeth Cabot Agassiz?
Elizabeth Cabot Agassiz (pseudonym, Actaea; née Cary; December 5, 1822 – June 27, 1907) was an American educator, naturalist, writer, and the co-founder and first president of Radcliffe College.
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Elizabeth Cabot Agassiz is United States.
When was Elizabeth Cabot Agassiz born?
Elizabeth Cabot Agassiz was born on 1822-12-05.
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