Louis Agassiz (sculpture)

Louis Agassiz
Statues of Agassiz (left) and Alexander von Humboldt (right) on the exterior of Jordan Hall, 2014
Medium Marble sculpture
Subject Louis Agassiz
Location Stanford, California, United States

Louis Agassiz is a statue depicting the Swiss-American biologist and geologist of the same name, installed on the exterior of Jordan Hall, in Stanford University's Main Quad, in the U.S. state of California.[1][2]

History

The statue was toppled by the 1906 earthquake.

The marble statue of Agassiz fell from the second floor of the zoology building during the 1906 San Francisco earthquake.[3][4] The New York Times' Rebecca Stott wrote, "The great scientist, with his head buried in concrete, his upturned body sticking up into air, became an iconic image of the earthquake."[5] The statue was not damaged.[6]

References

  1. ↑ Joncas, Richard; Neuman, David J.; Turner, Paul Venable (2006). Stanford University. Springer Science & Business Media. p. 29. Retrieved October 2, 2018.
  2. ↑ Casper, Gerhard (February 25, 2014). The Winds of Freedom: Addressing Challenges to the University. Yale University Press. p. 28. Retrieved October 2, 2018.
  3. ↑ The Stanford Quad, Volume 14. Associated Students of Stanford University. 1908. p. 24. Retrieved October 7, 2018.
  4. ↑ Irmscher, Christoph (February 5, 2013). Louis Agassiz: Creator of American Science. HMH. p. 343. Retrieved October 7, 2018.
  5. ↑ Stott, Rebecca (January 31, 2013). "Under the Microscope". The New York Times. Retrieved October 7, 2018.
  6. ↑ Gardanier, Sutter (November 7, 1958). "David Starr Jordan, Biology Dept. Cited for Contribution to Ichthyology". The Stanford Daily. 134 (31). Retrieved October 7, 2018.

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