Overview: Louis Agassiz (1807-1873), Swiss-American biologist, geologist, and zoologist, was professor of Zoology and Geology at Harvard University from 1847 to 1873, head of the Lawrence Scientific School, and founder of the Harvard Museum of Comparative Zoology. His papers contain correspondence, clippings, addresses, and many reprints and articles on Agassiz in various publications, including American Naturalist, Popular Science Monthly, ...