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 step-son, Alexander Emanuel Agassiz.

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Gravestone

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

Sources

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

External links

★ Encyclopædia Britannica entry

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