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| NAME AUTHORITIES: LOC: Sedgwick, Adam, 1785-1873 NRA: Sedgwick Adam (1785-1873) geologist DNB: Sedgwick, Adam (1785-1873), geologist LBT ID: AdSedgw1873 VIAF ID: 64179295 LOC ID: n83135443 | B/BAP: 1785-03-22 DIED: 1873-01-27 |
| SOURCES: DNB; Virtual International Authority File; LOC Name Authority File | |
He was educated at Trinity College, Cambridge, where he became a mathematics tutor in
1815 before being elected Woodwardian professor of geology (1818-73). He was a friend of
Charles Darwin. | |
REFERENCES TO WORKS BY Adam Sedgwick:
A Discourse on the Studies of the University. Found 1.
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