Sedgwick, Adam, 1785-1873 (geologist)
Person
Dates
- Existence: 1785 - 1873
Biography
Adam Sedgwick (1785-1873), Woodwardian Professor of Geology, Canon of Norwich
Found in 48 Collections and/or Records:
Fonds
Adam Sedgwick: Correspondence to T. Whistler, Duke of [?] and Cordelia Whewell, 1824-1873
Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.4251/1274-1281
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
Artificial collection of single item or small collection accessions. Mainly correspondence but includes other papers.
Dates:
1824-1873
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
Found in:
Cambridge University Library
/
Miscellaneous Accessions
Fonds
Adam Sedgwick: Letters and notes
Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.5100-5102
Scope and Contents
Copies of letters from Adam Sedgwick to Miss Duncan and Mrs Parker; notes and letters concerning Life and letters of Adam Sedgwick (Cambridge, 1890)
Dates:
1850-1891
Conditions Governing Access:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
Found in:
Cambridge University Library
Fonds
Adam Sedgwick: Letters and Papers
Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.7652
Scope and Contents
Section I A-H. Letters to Sedgwick, 1821-1849, relating to English geology, museum accessions, etc. Section II A-Z, AA-II. Letters to Sedgwick, 1850-1872, relating to geology, the work of John William Salter, museum accessions, Lucas Barratt, etc. The correspondents include Harry Govier Seeley, Henry Keeping and Henry Wilkinson Cookson. JJ-OO. Letters to George William Featherstonhaugh and Osmond Fisher, 1827-c.1890s. The correspondents include Sir Richard Owen, Roderick Murchison and his...
Dates:
1818-1916
Conditions Governing Access:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
Found in:
Cambridge University Library
Fonds
Adam Sedgwick: letters to William Ainger
Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.8396
Scope and Contents
Correspondence between Adam Sedgwick and William Ainger, with a summary of contents including information about their relationship.
Dates:
1807-1840
Conditions Governing Access:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
Found in:
Cambridge University Library
Fonds
Adam Sedgwick: Miscellaneous Letters
Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.7670
Dates:
1819-1868
Conditions Governing Access:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
Found in:
Cambridge University Library
Fonds
Charles Lesingham Smith: Correspondence to Sir George Humphry, Adam Sedgwick and unidentified correspondent, 1842-1873
Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.4251/1322-1324
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
Artificial collection of single item or small collection accessions. Mainly correspondence but includes other papers.
Dates:
1842-1873
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
Found in:
Cambridge University Library
/
Miscellaneous Accessions
File
Collections made by J.W. Clark in preparation for J.W. Clark and T.M. Hughes, Life and letters of Adam Sedgwick (Cambridge, 1890), 1864-1890 (Circa)
File
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.5093
Scope and Contents
243 folios
Dates:
1864-1890 (Circa)
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
File
Collections made by J.W. Clark in preparation for J.W. Clark and T.M. Hughes, Life and letters of Adam Sedgwick (Cambridge, 1890), 1889-1890
File
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.5094
Scope and Contents
388 folios
Dates:
1889-1890
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
File
Collections made by J.W. Clark in preparation for J.W. Clark and T.M. Hughes, Life and letters of Adam Sedgwick (Cambridge, 1890), 1850 (Circa)
File
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.5095
Scope and Contents
352 folios
Dates:
1850 (Circa)
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
Series
Correspondence from Adam Sedgwick to R.P. Buddicom: Letters on monument to William Ainger, 18 May 1841-26 Jan. 1842 (Circa)
Series
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.8856/465-468
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
Artificial collection of single item or small collection accessions. Mainly correspondence but includes other papers.
Dates:
18 May 1841-26 Jan. 1842 (Circa)
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
Item
Correspondence from Charles Kingsley to Adam Sedgwick, 31 July 1863 (Circa)
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.8954/78-79
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
Letters mostly to Clark, with some to his wife Frances Clark (d.1908), Adam Sedgwick (1785-1873) and others, mainly routine in nature, and collected for their autograph value. Another volume, containing letters of scientists, was not acquired. The original numbering in each volume has been retained; in this catalogue the letters are grouped by subject.
Dates:
31 July 1863 (Circa)
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
Item
Correspondence from Henry H. Milman, Dean of St Paul's, to Adam Sedgwick, 28 Nov. 1848-29 Oct. 1855 (Circa)
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.8953/55-56
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
Letters mostly to Clark, with some to his wife Frances Clark (d.1908), Adam Sedgwick (1785-1873) and others, mainly routine in nature, and collected for their autograph value. Another volume, containing letters of scientists, was not acquired. The original numbering in each volume has been retained; in this catalogue the letters are grouped by subject.
Dates:
28 Nov. 1848-29 Oct. 1855 (Circa)
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
Item
Correspondence from Sir Frederick Pollock to Adam Sedgwick, 29 Mar. 1850-25 July 1850
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.8952/90-91
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
Letters mostly to Clark, with some to his wife Frances Clark (d.1908), Adam Sedgwick (1785-1873) and others, mainly routine in nature, and collected for their autograph value. Another volume, containing letters of scientists, was not acquired. The original numbering in each volume has been retained; in this catalogue the letters are grouped by subject.
Dates:
29 Mar. 1850-25 July 1850
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
Item
Correspondence from William Conor Magee, Bishop of Peterborough, to Adam Sedgwick, 7 Jan. 1869-3 June 1871
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.8953/66-67
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
Letters mostly to Clark, with some to his wife Frances Clark (d.1908), Adam Sedgwick (1785-1873) and others, mainly routine in nature, and collected for their autograph value. Another volume, containing letters of scientists, was not acquired. The original numbering in each volume has been retained; in this catalogue the letters are grouped by subject.
Dates:
7 Jan. 1869-3 June 1871
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
Series
Correspondence of and about Adam Sedgwick, 1851-1873
Series
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.8812/52-54
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
Artificial collection of single item or small collection accessions. Mainly correspondence but includes other papers.
Dates:
1851-1873
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
Found in:
Cambridge University Library
/
Miscellaneous accessions
Fonds
Jane(t) Mary Douglas: Extract from letter to Adam Sedgwick
Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.4251/381
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
Artificial collection of single item or small collection accessions. Mainly correspondence but includes other papers.
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
Found in:
Cambridge University Library
/
Miscellaneous Accessions
Item
Letter from 1st Baron Overstone to Adam Sedgwick, 17 Jan. 1867
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.8952/84
Scope and Contents
Sedgwick's recommendation is not necessary for claims of Professor H[?]
Dates:
17 Jan. 1867
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
Item
Letter from 1st Earl Russell to Adam Sedgwick, 8 May 1871
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.8952/100
Scope and Contents
Decided to place a memorial bust of 3rd Marquess of Lansdowne in Westminster Abbey; a committee will invite subscriptions; will Sedgwick join the committee?
Dates:
8 May 1871
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
Other level
Letter from 8th Duke of Argyll to Adam Sedgwick, 28 July 1869
Other level
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.8952/10
Scope and Contents
Domestic news; he will send Salter's petition to Gladstone; Sedgwick's quiet residence at Norwich; his is thankful for 'the late deliverance out of a constitutional crisis of a very dangerous kind.'
Dates:
28 July 1869
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
Other level
Letter from 8th Duke of Argyll to Adam Sedgwick, 1851 (Circa)
Other level
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.8952/12
Scope and Contents
'Worried to death by my jury work', so he has not called on Sedgwick
Dates:
1851 (Circa)
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
Series
Letter from A. Sedgwick to W.G. Searle, with note of questions, 1840-1872 (Circa, undated)
Series
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.6008/172
Dates:
1840-1872 (Circa, undated)
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
Series
Letter from Adam Sedgwick to William Selwyn, 11 Nov. 1858
Series
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.8856/375
Scope and Contents
Death of George Peacock, Dean of Ely: 'after the immediate members of my own family ... the oldest and dearest friend I had in this world. Who is there to fill his place at Ely?' and on University Commission; glad funeral is to be at Ely
Dates:
11 Nov. 1858
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
Other level
Letter from Anne Thackeray to Adam Sedgwick
Other level
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.8954/149
Scope and Contents
Thanks for a photograph of him
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
Item
Letter from Apponzi to Adam Sedgwick, 11 July 1859 (Circa)
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.8952/9
Scope and Contents
Thanks for kindness to his son Alexander while he and his friends were at Cambridge
Dates:
11 July 1859 (Circa)
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
Other level
Letter from Arthur Penrhyn Stanley, Dean of Westminster, to Adam Sedgwick, 13 Nov. 1871
Other level
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.8953/77
Scope and Contents
Proposed visit
Dates:
13 Nov. 1871
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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