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Wilson J. Wall

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Agassiz, Louis(1807–1873).Born in Switzerland, he was initially educated at home and later at more formal schools. He attended university at Zürich, Heidelberg and Munich. He received his PhD in 1829 from Erlangen and MD from Munich in 1830. In 1832, Agassiz was appointed professor of natural history at the University of Neuchâtel. He was appointed Professor of Zoology and Geology at Harvard University where he stayed until his death. In 1850, he married Elizabeth Cary, his second wife. His married his first wife, Cecilie Braun, the sister of one of his college friends, in 1833. They had three children. Agricola,see Bauer Anaximander(611–547 BCE).A Greek philosopher from Ionia, Anaximander was a pupil of Thales. Although his writings did not survive the vicissitudes of history, he is credited by third parties with many ideas new for his age. He speculated on the origins of the earth and of man. Appreciating the curvature of the horizon he imagined the earth as cylindrical and poised in space. Anning, Mary(1799–1848).Born in Lyme Regis, Mary's father supplemented his income by searching for fossils in the coastal cliffs that could be sold. Mary carried on the tradition with notable finds, such as the Ichthyosaur, now in the Natural History Museum, London, in 1828 she discovered the first Plesiosaurus, and also the first Pterodactyl. She died, reportedly of breast cancer, and was buried locally. During her illness she was financially helped by the Geological Society of London.