Norwood-Hyatt House
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Norwood-Hyatt House is a historic house at 704 Washington Street in Gloucester, Massachusetts
. Alpheus Hyatt
purchased the house in 1878. He started the first marine biological laboratory in the country here in Annisquam, Massachusetts
, a village of Gloucester. It later moved to Woods Hole and was named the Marine Biological Laboratory
.
Gloucester, Massachusetts
Gloucester is a city on Cape Ann in Essex County, Massachusetts, in the United States. It is part of Massachusetts' North Shore. The population was 28,789 at the 2010 U.S. Census...
. Alpheus Hyatt
Alpheus Hyatt
Alpheus Hyatt was an American zoologist and palaeontologist.- Biography :Alpheus Hyatt II was born in Washington, D.C. to Alpheus Hyatt and Harriet Randolph Hyatt...
purchased the house in 1878. He started the first marine biological laboratory in the country here in Annisquam, Massachusetts
Annisquam, Massachusetts
Annisquam is a small waterfront neighborhood located in the City of Gloucester located on the North Shore of Massachusetts.-History:The name "Annisquam" comes from an Algonquian term meaning "top of the rock, containing , "on top of", and , "rock". The first European settlement in Annisquam was...
, a village of Gloucester. It later moved to Woods Hole and was named the Marine Biological Laboratory
Marine Biological Laboratory
The Marine Biological Laboratory is an international center for research and education in biology, biomedicine and ecology. Founded in 1888, the MBL is the oldest independent marine laboratory in the Americas, taking advantage of a coastal setting in the Cape Cod village of Woods Hole, Massachusetts...
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