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@ User:SNUGGUMS Why did you revert my redlink of Pauline Agassiz Shaw? She founded a school for immigrants in the North End of Boston, she introduced kindergarten to Boston schools, she's mentioned in many articles on Jstor, and she's included in the Boston Women's Heritage Trail. [1] She is clearly a notable person who needs to be included in Wikipedia. I'll put her on my To Do list, but it may be a while, and it would be nice if someone else could get to it sooner. That's the purpose of redlinks, to call attention to such omissions. If I've got the wrong Pauline, please explain. Rosekelleher ( talk) 08:42, 9 January 2016 (UTC)
In the fifth paragraph of the Polygenism section it states that the proof that white people were the descendants of Adam was because they could blush. It may have been a common belief in the 19th century that people of African descent can't blush but it simply is not true. The way the passage reads is, that this blush belief is a contemporary fact. The redness shows or not because of the skin tone. The surface temperature of all humans skin in their face increases as blood rushes to the surface when they blush. I can't edit this passage but someone should, to clarify that this statement is false and only an ignorant notion of 19th century thought. If one of my students read today this I am sure they would think this implied that people of African descent don't blush. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.169.182.249 ( talk) 04:57, 3 October 2016 (UTC)
The article writes that Agassiz believed in twelve races:
"The provinces that the different races were created in included Western American Temperate (the indigenous peoples west of the Rockies), Eastern American Temperate (east of the Rockies), Tropical Asiatic (south of the Himalayas), Temperate Asiatic (east of the Urals and north of the Himalayas), South American Temperate (South America), New Holland (Australia), Arctic (Alaska and Arctic Canada). Cape of Good Hope (South Africa), and American Tropical (Central America and the West Indies)."
I have been unable to find any reference to this racial typology. Assistance please? FuzzyCatPotato ( talk) 17:17, 27 December 2016 (UTC)
I recently removed a paragraph:
with these two edits [2] and [3]. This paragraph amounts to a detailed (and possibly speculative) idea about what, specifically, Agassiz might have thought. I removed it because I felt it didn't add much concrete substance to what was already presented in the first two paragraphs of this section. Then, editor Dicklyon reverted my edits and restored the paragraph with this edit: [4].
I don't have lots of emotion about any of this. I'm just trying to clean up the article. Thoughts? Attic Salt ( talk) 17:02, 3 July 2018 (UTC)
I modified to "The man-length-plus -sized augur", lest future readers infer that the typical height of an adult male human is significantly more than what i think is the current average, namely damn close to the First World -conventional (6-foot) casual estimate. Otherwise they might go forward believing that "There were giants in the earth in those days.", and that a yard of ale is today an insignificant challenge... We can't let WP be responsible for such a misunderstanding, now, can we??? ... tho of course all bets are off, if our Vile Leader has his way... sigh.
--(ex- Jerzy/ex- JerzyA), -- 2601:199:C201:FD70:5D2:91BE:2686:A665 ( talk) 15:55, 26 September 2020 (UTC)
Was Louis Agassiz a Republican? Srb4271 ( talk) 23:27, 18 March 2021 (UTC)
Hello, I was just wondering why "Diversity of Origin" from 1850 is not mentioned at all in this article? As far as I can tell, it's not unimportant for Agassiz's contemporary writings, as well as modern research. E.g. Josiah Clark Nott and George R. Gliddons Types of Mankind (1854), p. 78. And (much) more recently Jackson & Weidman, Race, racism, and science, social impact and interaction (2004), p. 51.
This is my first time participating on Wiki, so apologies if I missed something :) Thanks! Pazul42 ( talk) 14:12, 22 February 2022 (UTC)
This article was the subject of a Wiki Education Foundation-supported course assignment, between 9 January 2023 and 24 March 2023. Further details are available on the course page. Student editor(s): Earth sci kid ( article contribs).
— Assignment last updated by Earth sci kid ( talk) 00:27, 24 February 2023 (UTC)
Louis Agassiz received a peer review by Wikipedia editors, which is now archived. It may contain ideas you can use to improve this article. |
Louis Agassiz received a peer review by Wikipedia editors, which is now archived. It may contain ideas you can use to improve this article. |
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@ User:SNUGGUMS Why did you revert my redlink of Pauline Agassiz Shaw? She founded a school for immigrants in the North End of Boston, she introduced kindergarten to Boston schools, she's mentioned in many articles on Jstor, and she's included in the Boston Women's Heritage Trail. [1] She is clearly a notable person who needs to be included in Wikipedia. I'll put her on my To Do list, but it may be a while, and it would be nice if someone else could get to it sooner. That's the purpose of redlinks, to call attention to such omissions. If I've got the wrong Pauline, please explain. Rosekelleher ( talk) 08:42, 9 January 2016 (UTC)
In the fifth paragraph of the Polygenism section it states that the proof that white people were the descendants of Adam was because they could blush. It may have been a common belief in the 19th century that people of African descent can't blush but it simply is not true. The way the passage reads is, that this blush belief is a contemporary fact. The redness shows or not because of the skin tone. The surface temperature of all humans skin in their face increases as blood rushes to the surface when they blush. I can't edit this passage but someone should, to clarify that this statement is false and only an ignorant notion of 19th century thought. If one of my students read today this I am sure they would think this implied that people of African descent don't blush. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.169.182.249 ( talk) 04:57, 3 October 2016 (UTC)
The article writes that Agassiz believed in twelve races:
"The provinces that the different races were created in included Western American Temperate (the indigenous peoples west of the Rockies), Eastern American Temperate (east of the Rockies), Tropical Asiatic (south of the Himalayas), Temperate Asiatic (east of the Urals and north of the Himalayas), South American Temperate (South America), New Holland (Australia), Arctic (Alaska and Arctic Canada). Cape of Good Hope (South Africa), and American Tropical (Central America and the West Indies)."
I have been unable to find any reference to this racial typology. Assistance please? FuzzyCatPotato ( talk) 17:17, 27 December 2016 (UTC)
I recently removed a paragraph:
with these two edits [2] and [3]. This paragraph amounts to a detailed (and possibly speculative) idea about what, specifically, Agassiz might have thought. I removed it because I felt it didn't add much concrete substance to what was already presented in the first two paragraphs of this section. Then, editor Dicklyon reverted my edits and restored the paragraph with this edit: [4].
I don't have lots of emotion about any of this. I'm just trying to clean up the article. Thoughts? Attic Salt ( talk) 17:02, 3 July 2018 (UTC)
I modified to "The man-length-plus -sized augur", lest future readers infer that the typical height of an adult male human is significantly more than what i think is the current average, namely damn close to the First World -conventional (6-foot) casual estimate. Otherwise they might go forward believing that "There were giants in the earth in those days.", and that a yard of ale is today an insignificant challenge... We can't let WP be responsible for such a misunderstanding, now, can we??? ... tho of course all bets are off, if our Vile Leader has his way... sigh.
--(ex- Jerzy/ex- JerzyA), -- 2601:199:C201:FD70:5D2:91BE:2686:A665 ( talk) 15:55, 26 September 2020 (UTC)
Was Louis Agassiz a Republican? Srb4271 ( talk) 23:27, 18 March 2021 (UTC)
Hello, I was just wondering why "Diversity of Origin" from 1850 is not mentioned at all in this article? As far as I can tell, it's not unimportant for Agassiz's contemporary writings, as well as modern research. E.g. Josiah Clark Nott and George R. Gliddons Types of Mankind (1854), p. 78. And (much) more recently Jackson & Weidman, Race, racism, and science, social impact and interaction (2004), p. 51.
This is my first time participating on Wiki, so apologies if I missed something :) Thanks! Pazul42 ( talk) 14:12, 22 February 2022 (UTC)
This article was the subject of a Wiki Education Foundation-supported course assignment, between 9 January 2023 and 24 March 2023. Further details are available on the course page. Student editor(s): Earth sci kid ( article contribs).
— Assignment last updated by Earth sci kid ( talk) 00:27, 24 February 2023 (UTC)