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Sedgwick, Adam, 1785-1873 (geologist)

 Person

Dates

  • Existence: 1785 - 1873

Biography

Adam Sedgwick (1785-1873), Woodwardian Professor of Geology, Canon of Norwich

Found in 6 Collections and/or Records:

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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).
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Adam Sedgwick: Letters and Papers

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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).
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Adam Sedgwick: letters to William Ainger

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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).
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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).
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Letters to Isabella Sedgwick on death of Adam S.

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.9807
Scope and Contents ATKINSON, AMY ELIZABETH (b.1829) (wife of Michael Angelo Atkinson, clergyman). Letter to Margaret Isabella Sedgwick (n.d.) Add.9807/1 BANNISTER, JAMES DAWSON (1799-1883) (clergyman). Letter to Margaret Isabella Sedgwick (1873) Add.9807/2 BIRKBECK, M.E. (Carnforth, Lancs). Letter to Margaret Isabella Sedgwick (1873) Add.9807/3 BUMPSTED, MARGARET LOUISA YOURSTON (b.1828) (wife of Thomas Brooks Bumpsted). Letter to Margaret Isabella Sedgwick (1873) Add.9807/4 CLARKE, HENRY MATTHEW (1808-89)...
Dates: 1873
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).
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Returns for attendances of freshmen at Adam Sedgwick's lectures

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.3144
Dates: 1815-1816
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).

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