Editing Louis Agassiz (section)

==Legacy==
The Cambridge elementary school north of Harvard University was named in his honor, and the surrounding neighborhood became known as "[[Agassiz, Cambridge, Massachusetts|Agassiz]]" as a result. The school's name was changed to the Maria L. Baldwin School on May 21, 2002, because of concerns about Agassiz's involvement in scientific racism and to honor [[Maria Louise Baldwin]], the African-American principal of the school, who served from 1889 to 1922.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.peaceworkmagazine.org/pwork/0204/020420.htm |title=Peacework Back Issues &#124; the Mismeasure of Maria Baldwin |website=www.peaceworkmagazine.org |access-date=22 May 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071023054813/http://www.peaceworkmagazine.org/pwork/0204/020420.htm |archive-date=23 October 2007 |url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="thecrimson2002">{{Cite web|url=https://www.thecrimson.com/article/2002/5/22/committee-renames-local-agassiz-school-the/|title=Committee Renames Local Agassiz School &#124; News &#124; The Harvard Crimson|website=www.thecrimson.com}}</ref> The neighborhood, however, continued to be known as Agassiz.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cambridgema.gov/~CDD/cp/neigh/8/agassiz_ns_3.pdf |title=agassiz_ns_3.pdf |access-date=October 3, 2005 |url-status=unfit |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100607045807/http://www.cambridgema.gov/~CDD/cp/neigh/8/agassiz_ns_3.pdf |archive-date=June 7, 2010 }}. cambridgema.gov</ref> {{Circa|2009}}, neighborhood residents decided to rename the neighborhood's community council as the "Agassiz-Baldwin Community".<ref>Meghan E. Irons. "Hurdles Cleared, Cambridge Group Celebrates Arts Project." ''Boston Globe'', October 1, 2009, p. B5.</ref> Then, in July 2021, culminating a two-year effort on the part of neighborhood residents, the Cambridge City Council voted unanimously to change the name to the Baldwin Neighborhood.<ref>Marc Levy. "Baldwin Neighborhood Name is Approved 9–0, Replacing Agassiz; Second Such Change Since '15." ''Cambridge (Massachusetts) Day'', August 2, 2021, [https://www.cambridgeday.com/2021/08/02/baldwin-neighborhood-name-is-approved-9-0-replacing-agassiz-second-such-change-since-15/]</ref>  An elementary school, the Agassiz Elementary School in [[Minneapolis, Minnesota]], existed from 1922 to 1981.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://mpshistory.mpls.k12.mn.us/agassiz|title=Agassiz|website=mpshistory.mpls.k12.mn.us|access-date=July 6, 2017}}</ref>

===Geological tributes===
[[File:Agassiz.main.sk.jpg|thumb|upright|Agassiz's grave, Mount Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, Massachusetts, is a boulder from the moraine of the Aar Glaciers, near where he once lived.]]
An ancient [[glacial lake]] that formed in central North America, [[Lake Agassiz]], is named after him, as are [[Mount Agassiz (California)|Mount Agassiz]] in [[Palisades (California Sierra)|California's Palisades]], [[Mount Agassiz (Utah)|Mount Agassiz]] in the [[Uinta Mountains]] of Utah, [[Agassiz Peak]] in Arizona, [[Agassiz Rock]] in Massachusetts, and the [[Agassizhorn]] in the Bernese Alps in his native Switzerland. [[Agassiz Glacier (Montana)|Agassiz Glacier]] in Montana, Agassiz Creek in [[Glacier National Park (U.S.)|Glacier National Park]], [[Agassiz Glacier (Alaska)|Agassiz Glacier]] in the [[Saint Elias Mountains]] of Alaska, and [[Mount Agassiz (New Hampshire)|Mount Agassiz]] in the [[White Mountains (New Hampshire)|White Mountains]] of New Hampshire also bear his name.  A [[impact crater|crater]] on [[Mars]], ''[[Crater Agassiz]]'',<ref>{{cite book | last1=Schmadel | first=Lutz D. | title=Dictionary of Minor Planet Names | publisher=Springer Science & Business Media | year=2012 | isbn=978-3-642-29718-2 | page=176 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=VoJ5nUyIzCsC}}</ref> and a promontorium on the moon are also named in his honor. [[Cape Agassiz]], a headland situated in [[Palmer Land]], [[Antarctica]], is named in his honor. A [[Asteroid belt|main-belt]] [[asteroid]], [[2267 Agassiz]], is also named in association with him.

===Biological tributes===
Several animal species are named in honor of him, including 
*Agassiz's dwarf cichlid ''[[Apistogramma agassizii]]'' {{small|[[Franz Steindachner|Steindachner]], 1875}};
*Agassiz's perchlet, also known as Agassiz's glass fish; and the olive perchlet ''[[Ambassis agassizii]]'' {{small|[[Franz Steindachner|Steindachner]], 1866}}; 
*The Spring Cavefish ''[[Forbesichthys agassizii]]'' {{small|([[Frederic Ward Putnam|Putnam]], 1872)}}; 
*the catfish ''[[Corydoras agassizii]]'' {{small|[[Franz Steindachner|Steindachner]], 1876}}; 
*the Rio Skate ''[[Rioraja agassizii]]'' {{small|([[Johannes Peter Müller|J. P. Müller]] & [[Friedrich Gustav Jakob Henle|Henle]], 1841)}};
*The South American fish ''[[Leporinus agassizii]]'' <ref name = ETYFish>{{cite web | url = http://www.etyfish.org/characiformes2/ | title = Order CHARACIFORMES: Families TARUMANIIDAE, ERYTHRINIDAE, PARODONTIDAE, CYNODONTIDAE, SERRASALMIDAE, HEMIODONTIDAE, ANOSTOMIDAE and CHILODONTIDAE | access-date = 24 March 2022 | author1 = Christopher Scharpf | author2 = Kenneth J. Lazara | name-list-style = amp | work = The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database | publisher = Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara | date = 22 September 2018 | archive-date = January 9, 2022 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20220109173908/https://etyfish.org/characiformes2/ | url-status = dead }}</ref>
*the Snailfish ''[[Liparis agassizii]]'' {{small|[[Frederic Ward Putnam|Putnam]], 1874}}; 
*a sea snail, ''[[Borsonella agassizii]]'' {{small|([[William Healey Dall|Dall]], 1908)}}; 
*a species of crab ''[[Eucratodes agassizii]]'' {{small|[[Alphonse Milne-Edwards|A. Milne Edwards]], 1880}};
*''[[Capniidae|Isocapnia agassizi]]'' {{small|Ricker, 1943}} (a [[stonefly]]); 
*''[[Publius agassizi]]'' {{small|([[Johann Jakob Kaup|Kaup]], 1871)}} (a [[Passalidae|passalid beetle]]);
*''[[Xylocrius agassizi]]'' {{small|([[John Lawrence LeConte|LeConte]], 1861)}} (a [[longhorn beetle]]);
*''[[Exoprosopa agassizii]]'' {{small|Loew, 1869}} (a [[Bombyliidae|bee fly]]);
*''[[Chelonia agassizii]]'' {{small|[[Marie Firmin Bocourt|Bocourt]], 1868}} (Galápagos green turtle);<ref name=EDR>Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). ''The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles''. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. {{ISBN|978-1-4214-0135-5}}. ("Agassiz, J.L.R.", p. 2).</ref> 
*''[[Philodryas|Philodryas agassizii]]'' {{small|([[Giorgio Jan|Jan]], 1863)}} (a South American snake);<ref name=EDR/> 
and the most well-known, 
*''[[Gopherus agassizii]]'' {{small|([[James Graham Cooper|Cooper]], 1863)}} (the desert tortoise).<ref name=EDR/> 
*In 2020, a new genus of pycnodont fish (Actinopterygii, Pycnodontiformes) named ''[[Agassazilia erfoundina]]'' (Cooper and Martill, 2020) from the Moroccan Kem Kem Group was named in honor of Agassiz, who first identified the group in the 1830s.

===Tribute awards===
In 2005, the [[European Geosciences Union]] Division on Cryospheric Sciences established the Louis Agassiz Medal, awarded to individuals in recognition of their outstanding scientific contribution to the study of the [[cryosphere]] on Earth or elsewhere in the [[Solar System]].<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.egu.eu/awards-medals/louis-agassiz/ | title=Louis Agassiz Medal | publisher=European Geosciences Union | year=2005 | access-date=February 8, 2015}}</ref>

Agassiz took part in a monthly gathering called the [[Saturday Club (Boston, Massachusetts)|Saturday Club]] at the [[Omni Parker House|Parker House]], a meeting of Boston writers and intellectuals. He was therefore mentioned in a stanza of the [[Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr.]] poem "[[s:At the Saturday Club|At the Saturday Club]]:"

{{poemquote|
There, at the table's further end I see
In his old place our Poet's vis-à-vis,
The great PROFESSOR, strong, broad-shouldered, square,
In life's rich noontide, joyous, debonair
...

How will her realm be darkened, losing thee,
Her darling, whom we call our AGASSIZ!}}

=== Daguerreotypes of Renty and Delia Taylor ===
[[File:Renty an African slave.jpg|right|thumb|200px|Renty Taylor]]
In 1850, Agassiz commissioned [[daguerreotypes]], which were described as "haunting and voyeuristic" of the enslaved [[Renty Taylor]] and Taylor's daughter, Delia, to further his arguments about black inferiority.<ref name=":0" /> They are the earliest known photographs of enslaved persons.<ref name="The Day 2019">{{cite web |last1=Moser |first1=Erica |title=Descendants of racist scientist back Norwich woman in fight over slave images |url=https://www.theday.com/local-news/20190620/descendants-of-racist-scientist-back-norwich-woman-in-fight-over-slave-images |website=theday.com |publisher=The Day |access-date=21 June 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Browning |first1=Kellen |title=Descendants of slave, white supremacist join forces on Harvard's campus to demand school hand over 'family photos' |url=https://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2019/06/20/descendants-slave-white-supremacist-join-forces-harvard-campus-demand-school-hand-over-family-photos/62v7Z5dztzml0yep7SuosI/story.html |website=www.bostonglobe.com |publisher=The Boston Globe |access-date=21 June 2019}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{cite news|date=March 20, 2019|title=Who Should Own Photos of Slaves? The Descendants, not Harvard, a Lawsuit Says|language=en|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/20/us/slave-photographs-harvard.html|access-date=March 29, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=The World Is Watching: Woman Suing Harvard for Photos of Enslaved Ancestors Says History Is At Stake|url=https://www.democracynow.org/2019/3/29/the_world_is_watching_woman_suing|access-date=March 29, 2019|work=[[Democracy Now!]]|date=March 29, 2019|language=en}}</ref> Agassiz left the images to Harvard, and they remained in the Peabody Museum's attic until 1976, when they were rediscovered by Ellie Reichlin, a former staff member.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Sehgal|first=Parul|date=2020-10-02|title=The First Photos of Enslaved People Raise Many Questions About the Ethics of Viewing|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/29/books/to-make-their-own-way-in-world-zealy-daguerreotypes.html|access-date=2020-10-05|issn=0362-4331}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite web|date=June 1977|title=Faces of Slavery: A Historical Find|url=https://www.americanheritage.com/faces-slavery-historical-find|access-date=2020-10-05|website=American Heritage magazine}}</ref> The 15 daguerrotypes were in a case with the embossing "J. T. Zealy, Photographer, Columbia," with several handwritten labels, which helped in later identification.<ref name=":1" /> Reichlin spent months doing research to try to identify the people in the photos, but Harvard University did not make efforts to contact the families and licensed the photos for use.<ref name=":1" /><ref name=":2">{{Cite web|date=March 22, 2019|title=Woman who claims descent sues Harvard over refusal to return photos of enslaved man from 1850|url=http://www.stlamerican.com/news/local_news/woman-who-claims-descent-sues-harvard-over-refusal-to-return-photos-of-enslaved-man-from/article_aac910c0-4cbf-11e9-826f-bb433eadf065.html|access-date=2020-10-05|website=St. Louis American|language=en}}</ref>

In 2011, Tamara Lanier wrote a letter to the president of Harvard that identified herself as a direct descendant of the Taylors and asked the university to turn over the photos to her.<ref name=":2" /><ref>{{Cite web|date=2019-03-20|title=Harvard 'Shamelessly' Profits From Photos Of Slaves, Lawsuit Claims|url=https://boston.cbslocal.com/2019/03/20/harvard-university-slave-photos-lawsuit-tamara-lanier/|access-date=2020-10-05|language=en-US}}</ref>

In 2019, Taylor's descendants sued Harvard for the return of the images and unspecified damages.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Tony Marco |first1=Ray Sanchez and |title=The descendants of slaves want Harvard to stop using iconic photos of their relatives |url=https://www.cnn.com/2019/03/20/us/harvard-lawsuit-slave-photos/index.html |website=/www.cnn.com |date=March 20, 2019 |publisher=CNN |access-date=21 June 2019}}</ref> The lawsuit was supported by 43 living descendants of Agassiz, who wrote in a letter of support, "For Harvard to give the daguerreotypes to Ms. Lanier and her family would begin to make amends for its use of the photos as exhibits for the white supremacist theory Agassiz espoused." Everyone must evaluate fully "his role in promoting a pseudoscientific justification for white supremacy."<ref name="The Day 2019" />

Aggasiz-Zeally Gallery
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File:Renty an African slave.jpg| "Papa" [[Renty Taylor]] Born Congo, 1775-died on/after 1866. Field hand on B.F. Taylor Plantation, Columbia South Carolina [Note a side profile picture can be found at online article "Louis Agassiz Two Faces"]
File:Delia1850FrontPortrait.jpg|Delia (Born America); daughter of Renty on B.F. Taylor Plantation, Columbia South Carolina [Picture # 1]
File:Slave Portrait Agassiz Zealy Woman Side Bust 2.jpg|Delia daughter of Renty on B.F. Taylor Plantation, Columbia South Carolina [Picture # 2]
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File:JackGuineaProfileSlavePortrait.jpg|Jack of Guinea, a slave driver  on B.F. Taylor Plantation, Columbia South Carolina [Picture # 1]
File:Jack1850FrontZealy.jpg|Jack of Guinea, a slave driver  on B.F. Taylor Plantation, Columbia South Carolina [Picture # 2]
File:Drana (frontal portrait).jpg|Drana daughter of Jack on B.F. Taylor Plantation, Columbia South Carolina [Picture # 1]
File:Drana (profile view).jpg|Drana daughter of Jack on B.F. Taylor Plantation, Columbia South Carolina [Picture # 2]
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File:Slave Portrait Agassiz Zealy Man Side Bust 2.jpg|Fassena a mandingo Carpender on Wade Hampton Plantation, South Carolina[Note a full face picture can be found at https://saa3dm.org/2021/11/16/1850]
File:Slave Portrait Agassiz Zealy Man Standing Back.jpg| "Jem. A Gullah..B.W. Green Plantation [See American Heritage June 1977 "Faces of Slavery"]
File:Slave Portrait Agassiz Zealy Man Front 01.jpg|
File:Slave Portrait Agassiz Zealy Man Side One Leg.jpg|
</gallery>