Elizabeth Cabot Agassiz

Elizabeth Cabot Agassiz

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Elizabeth Cabot Cary (5 December 1822 in Boston, Massachusetts - 27 June 1907 in Arlington Heights, Massachusetts) was an American educator, and the co-founder and first president of Radcliffe College.

In 1850 she married Louis Agassiz, whom she accompanied to Brazil (1865-1866 and on the "Hassler" expedition in 1871-1872.

Her publications include "A First Lesson in Natural History" (1859); "Life of Louis Agassiz"; and "Seaside Studies in Natural History" (1865), in which she was assisted by her stepson, Alexander Emanuel Agassiz.

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Elizabeth Cary Agassiz is buried in Mount Auburn Cemetery.The entry about Louis Agassizexplains the origin of the gravestone. Note that her gravestonerefers to her as "Elizabeth Cary Agassiz".

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*American National Biography, vol. 1, pp. 174-175.

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* [http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9003991/Elizabeth-Cabot-Agassiz Encyclopædia Britannica entry]
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