Word: agassiz
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Precinct 7-1 Ames Hall, Child Hall, Dane Hall, Holmes Hall, Perkins Hall, Shaw Hall, Story Hall and Wyeth Hall --Agassiz School, Oxford and Sacremento...
Precinct 7-2 Conant Hall and Rockefeller Hall --Agassiz School, Oxford and Sacremento...
...also criticized Stanley Hoffman, Dilion Professor of the Civilization of France, Stephen Jay Gould, Agassiz Professor of Biology, and other unnamed professors for the political slant of their lectures...
...site of the Peabody Museum. In 1852, the University bought the collection and put it on more stable footing. Massachusetts incorporated the trustees of the museum in 1859 and gave it a relatively large trust fund to expand, but the scientific research was left to the University and Agassiz. One year later Agassiz persuaded the University to donate the land where the museum now stands...
...first part of the building was standing, and Agassiz and his 19 assistants began collecting and expanding. From then until 1901, the museum added eight new buildings all integrated into the main structure. During that time, it launched several collecting expeditions and became best known for its Brazilian fish...