The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-03-30
ALEXANDER AGASSIZ DEAD
SUDDENLY STRICKEN on SNIP
Doe ~ NEW YORk TO-DAY.

SUDDENLY STRICKEN on SNIP
Doe ~ NEW HORk TO-DAY.
Mad Been Abroad with Hla Ssa since
AboaG Ian. .. and Haa EAJoyesi Coed
Health RamOun ~ sclcntlsl. Mine
Ros roN. March "A wireless message
waS received by Major Henry l.. Higgin-
son to-day saying that Alexander AgAs-
six had died on the Adriatic. due in New
York Tomorrow Major HigGinson il q
hrOther-in-Aw oG Prof AgassiZ.
A similar message came by wireless
Ia Mr. AgasslI's secretary Rt the Calu-
met and Ilecla Offices in Ashburton
place. Each one read as follows: Father
died Sunday. MAK.'
Il had not been known that Prof Agns-
siz was in poor health. He and has son
MaSimilian had spent several weeks in
Paris before Proceedpg TO Southampton
to board the Adriatic.
| News Of Prof. Agassiz'a death came az
a great surprise and shock To his friends
and relatives. lie had been heard from
| Frequently since he went abroad about
New Years. and So far az hiA intimateS
knew he was In the best OF health Not
since his departure for Europe had any
word been received that would Indicate
that Prof. AGassiz was suffering from
any ailmept.
Prof. Agnssiy's last trip took him to
Egypt and the countries bordering the
Mediterranean sea.
Alexander AEassis was hardly less
famous az a scientist than his father,
Jean Louis AgasSlz The father was "A
pioneer In certain fields. The abilities 81
the son covered more than Jean Louis ever
contemplated.
| He was a naturalist. an authority IN
fishes and deep sea research, n celebrated
mining engineer. "a practical man 1T
anAirs. financier. teaoher and club
and Heola Mining Company and ~ss the
director Of the museum oi comparative
zoology at Harvard. which was founded
/ by the elder Agassix
He was born in lsIS in the town 20
| Neuchatel in the Eure Mountains, ian
Switzerland His father was the natu-
rAllst and scientist whose fame was world
wide His mothe: was Cecile Braun,
sister Of Alexander Braun. botanist aud
philosopher lounS AgAssiE was sdu-
Gated in Europe and u was not until he
was Is years old that he otm" a. this
in lsSS. One 81 his classmates was
Phillips Brooks.
He selected civil engineering for a
profession and entered the Lawrence
scientific school uf Harvard. where he
was graduated in 1887 with the degree
Of r ). In March. 1859. he went Ia Cali
fornla, where he was appointed an
assistant ON the United States coast
survey. His abilities with brush and
pencil were brought into service az this
time in drawing specimens OF the fishes
caught along the boundary. He also
began Io select specimens for his father
and he showed himself an adept in their
study and preservation
Tie was az Panama and Acapulco IN
the winter " iS5a-6O onllecting specimens
for the museum Il CoTnpa rative zoology az
Harvard. He returned IN san Francisc1.
resumed the study and drawing ~ fish
and then turned his attention ~ eNan'n-
ing the principal mines ~ the interior 81
the ~ tie He returned TO Cambridge IA
1851 and took = full C,Bur~ss IN zoology and
geology IN the Lawrence scientific school
During the ah@enrs ot his father IN Brazil
IN LAS Alexander AgasS,z, who had been
appointed an assistant IN the museum,
had entire charge 81 Il.
He became strongly Interested in cop
pes mining IN iseS. He went To tho Lake
Superior region and became treasurer
81 the Calumet Mining Company
little later he was engaged IN the develop
nlent nf IN" neghborug property. Ia"
Heca mine and in IsHT he tacain- IN"
superintendent ~ the combined proper
ties he worked extremely hard IA
ihose years In 1893 ne returned 20 Bps-
ton a. the president Of the Calumet and
Hecls Mining Company He had 4 -
played extraordinary abilities a. mining
engineer.
Ne went abroad in IN" autumn " sGs
20 study m the museums and 20 eNamin"
the CoilN~'ions of EuroTa When his
father Prof Agasslz. died N $50 he
became the curator Of tho Museum OF
Comparative Zoology he continued the
the praise and admiration 1T scientists
all over the world because Of tie reT-
fectio 81 the work that was done under
ms suggestion and direction
He gave literally 10 the museum and
70 otherIIarvard institutions his dona ons
20 Harvard amounting TO perhaps 81
OO0 nsH He was elected To he one of the /
overSesr- Of Harvard IN ls7a and fellow
IN ISIS. hut failing health compelled him
To RESI- On ia isSS
He hacine connected with the And@r-
son School 81 Natural History. on Peni- ?
k.-e Island an 1879 and after MS fathers
death he conducted the school Not .
long later owing 20 differences tI'-i wen J
h ms4-if and Mr. Anderson. the school Was .
closa,l He went TO the west coast 81
South America N 1878 examined the
copT-sr mines IT Peru and Chic and sur
veys.d Lake Titoaca tie brought back
Tor the tedbblF Mu-fum Az 'duNIthG"
an immense collection oi Peruvian
antiquities
SIR Wvvilla Thompson invited Mr. /
ARaSsiz IN 1878 ~ assist IN masking up the
collect Dn of the English exploring "N- 3
petition IS the Challenger he brought
90 Csmbridg" a portion Of th"S. oolIec-
tions and wrote there his celebrated re-
port IN the sea uTChin- Ills prev Ious
Investigations on the tck inot"Tms gained
for him IN ISIS the Waller prize Of 81 40
from the Boston SoCiety of Natural His
tory IN 1879 he received the 'Prix Serre-'
awarded only once In ten wears nv the
Academic des Sciences ~ PARIS He
was the first foreigner TO gain the dts
tinctioE
He spent his winters for FIVE wears from
1879 90 1891 in deep sea dredging. IN"
steamship Blake having been placed at
his disposal by the superintendent Of III"
coast survey. He explored the deep
waters Of 'he Gulf Of Mexico and 81 the
Caribbean Sea His ingenuity and sI.ecial
familiarity with hosting and mining
machinery had a good deal 10 DO with the
immense success Of these expeditions.
All these wears Ut scientific work he had