| LC control no. | n 93113439 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Agassiz, George R. (George Russell), 1862-1951 |
| Variant(s) | Agassiz, George R. (George Russell), b. 1862 |
| Birth date | 18620721 |
| Death date | 19510205 |
| Place of birth | Nahant, Mass. |
| Field of activity | Astronomy |
| Affiliation | Harvard University. Board of Overseers |
| Found in | Lyman, T. With Grant and Meade from the Wilderness to Appomattox, c1994: CIP t.p. (George R. Agassiz) NUC pre-56 imprints (Agassiz, George Russell, 1862-) Revolutionaries of the cosmos: the astro-physicists, 2006: page 302 (Agassiz, George R. (1862-1951)) Department of the History of Science, Harvard University, via WWW, June 7, 2013 (George R. Agassiz Station, Harvard; in December 1951, Harvard University decided to rename its Oak Ridge Station in Harvard, Massachusetts the George R. Agassiz Station; it was named in honor of George R. Agassiz (AB 1884) in recognition of his part in the planning and construction of the observatory and his life-long interest in the department of astronomy; Agassiz had also served on the University Board of Overseers from 1924 to 1937, and had been its president for eight years; he had died in 1951) ancestry.com, via WWW, June 7, 2013 (George Russell Agassiz; George R. Agassiz; born July 21, 1862 in Nahant, Massachusetts; died February 5, 1951) |
| Associated language | eng |
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