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Louis Agassiz
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In 1832, Louis Agassiz traveled to Paris, which was then the center of scientific research, to further his career and studies. During this time, he lived as an impecunious student in the Latin Quarter while working on his research into fossil fishes. His stay in Paris was facilitated by the support of influential friends, including the German naturalist Alexander von Humboldt and Baron Cuvier, the most eminent ichthyologist of that era.1