Statue of Louis Agassiz
Appearance
Statue of Louis Agassiz | |
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![]() The statue on the exterior of Jordan Hall, 2019 | |
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Medium | Marble sculpture |
Subject | Louis Agassiz |
Location | Stanford, California, United States |
37°25′44″N 122°10′15″W / 37.428787°N 122.170758°W |
A statue of the 19th-century biologist and geologist
History
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 due to his support of polygenism.[8] The statue was removed in October 2020.[9]
See also
References
- ISBN 9781568986647. Archivedfrom the original on August 15, 2022. Retrieved October 2, 2018.
- ISBN 9780300196917. Archivedfrom the original on August 15, 2022. Retrieved October 2, 2018.
- ^ "Earthquake impacts on prestige". Stanford University and the 1906 earthquake. Stanford University. Archived from the original on May 6, 2021. Retrieved June 22, 2012.
- ^ The Stanford Quad, Volume 14. Associated Students of Stanford University. 1908. p. 24. Archived from the original on August 15, 2022. Retrieved October 7, 2018.
- ISBN 9780547568928. Archivedfrom the original on August 15, 2022. Retrieved October 7, 2018.
- ^ Stott, Rebecca (January 31, 2013). "Under the Microscope". The New York Times. Archived from the original on October 8, 2018. Retrieved October 7, 2018.
- ^ Gardanier, Sutter (November 7, 1958). "David Starr Jordan, Biology Dept. Cited for Contribution to Ichthyology". The Stanford Daily. Vol. 134, no. 31. Archived from the original on October 8, 2018. Retrieved October 7, 2018.
- ^ Peacock, Chris (April 20, 2020). "Stanford to review requests for Jordan Hall renaming and statue removal". Stanford News. Archived from the original on January 23, 2021. Retrieved July 8, 2020.
- ^ Curnin, Charlie (October 26, 2020). "Photos: Jordan signage, Agassiz statue removed from Building 420". The Stanford Daily. Archived from the original on December 31, 2021. Retrieved August 15, 2022.
External links
Media related to Statue of Louis Agassiz, Stanford at Wikimedia Commons