Jean Louis Rodolphe Agassiz (1807-1873) I trust to outlive this mania (1867: in reference to Darwinism) Key figure in the history of organismal biology and geology. Formulated theory of the Ice Ages (i.e., that pre-historical glacial advances were due to world-wide climatic changes); idealist and leading exponent of creationism in the tradition of Cuvier (his mentor in Paris); founder of ...

Louis Agassiz on Darwinism and Evolution ...