Agassiz, ALEXANDER (1835-1910). an American naturalist and philanthropist, son of Louis Agassiz, was born in Neuchatel, Switzerland. He came to the United States in 1849, and graduated at Harvard in 1855. He was on the California Coast Survey and was with his father in the museum of zoology at Cambridge, Mass. He was later superintendent of the Calumet and Hecla copper mines, Lake Superior, and amassed a great fortune, of which he gave liberally to Harvard. After visiting different museums in Europe he was made curator of the museum in Cambridge, which was founded by his father. Professor Agassiz was elected a member of the National Academy of Science and other scientific societies in this country and Europe, and was soon recognized as one of the great authorities on marine zoology, especially jellyfish, echinoderms, and corals.