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Investigating Fossils
A History of Palaeontology
Wilson J. Wall
This edition first published 2021
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Acknowledgements
Thanks to Alison, who always encourages and helps.
I would like to praise the Society of Authors for providing generous support in the form of a travel grant.
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Agassiz, Louis (1807–1873).Born in Switzerland,