Statue of Louis Agassiz

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Statue of Louis Agassiz
Louis Agassiz and Alexander von Humboldt statues at Jordan Hall, Stanford (cropped).jpg
The statue on the exterior of , 2019
MediumMarble sculpture
SubjectLouis Agassiz
LocationStanford, California, United States

A statue of the 19th-century biologist and geologist Louis Agassiz is installed on the exterior of , in the Main Quad of Stanford University, in the U.S. state of California.[1][2]

History[]

After the 1906 San Francisco earth­quake toppled the statue from the façade of Stanford's zoology building, Stanford President David Starr Jordan wrote that "Somebody‍—‌Dr. Angell, perhaps‍—‌remarked that 'Agassiz was great in the abstract but not in the concrete.'"[3]

During the 1906 San Francisco earthquake, the statue, made of marble, fell from the second floor of the zoology building.[4][5] The New York Times' Rebecca Stott writes, "The great scientist, with his head buried in concrete, his upturned body sticking up into air, became an iconic image of the earthquake."[6] The statue was not damaged.[7]

In 2020, the Stanford Department of Psychology requested to remove the statue from the front façade of its building.[8]

References[]

  1. ^ Joncas, Richard; Neuman, David J.; Turner, Paul Venable (2006). Stanford University. Springer Science & Business Media. p. 29. ISBN 9781568986647. Retrieved October 2, 2018.
  2. ^ Casper, Gerhard (February 25, 2014). The Winds of Freedom: Addressing Challenges to the University. Yale University Press. p. 28. ISBN 9780300196917. Retrieved October 2, 2018.
  3. ^ "Earthquake impacts on prestige". Stanford University and the 1906 earthquake. Stanford University. Retrieved June 22, 2012.
  4. ^ The Stanford Quad, Volume 14. Associated Students of Stanford University. 1908. p. 24. Retrieved October 7, 2018.
  5. ^ Irmscher, Christoph (February 5, 2013). Louis Agassiz: Creator of American Science. HMH. p. 343. ISBN 9780547568928. Retrieved October 7, 2018.
  6. ^ Stott, Rebecca (January 31, 2013). "Under the Microscope". The New York Times. Retrieved October 7, 2018.
  7. ^ Gardanier, Sutter (November 7, 1958). "David Starr Jordan, Biology Dept. Cited for Contribution to Ichthyology". The Stanford Daily. Vol. 134, no. 31. Retrieved October 7, 2018.
  8. ^ "Stanford to review requests for Jordan Hall renaming and statue removal". Stanford News. April 20, 2020. Retrieved July 8, 2020.

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