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Anna Russell Agassiz

1839/40–73

Daughter of George Russell, a Boston textile merchant. Married Alexander Agassiz in 1860. Gave birth to three sons in 1862, 1866, and 1871.

Source

Dobbs 2005.

Bibliography

Dobbs, David. 2005. Reef madness: Charles Darwin, Alexander Agassiz, and the meaning of coral. New York: Pantheon Books.

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