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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 42 Collections and/or Records:

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Letter from Edwin Guest (Master of Caius) to Adam Sedgwick, 26 Mar. 1857

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.8953/30
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Invitation to dinner to meet [Rancke]

Dates: 26 Mar. 1857
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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Letter from George Bancroft to Adam Sedgwick, 3 July 1847

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.8952/21
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He has accepted an invitation; he thanks the Prince for a platform ticket

Dates: 3 July 1847
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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Letter from Harvey Goodwin, Dean of Ely, to Adam Sedgwick, 12 Aug. 1869

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.8953/26
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He can keep an appointment

Dates: 12 Aug. 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).
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Letter from James Baker to [Adam Sedgwick], 9 Sep. 1866

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.8954/9
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Looking forward to seeing him

Dates: 9 Sep. 1866
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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Letter from John B. Sumner, Archbishop of Canterbury, to Adam Sedgwick, 30 May 1880-30 May 1900 (Circa. No year given)

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.8953/13
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Thanks for reference for Livesey, candidate for an Assistant Curator's post in the Department of Minerals, British Museum; he has not seen the work alluded to; he would soon be out of his depth 'in the wider sea of Geology'; 'Such inquiries, when arguments are based upon them, will be found to lead to very uncertain, if not dangerous, conclusions.'

Dates: 30 May 1880-30 May 1900 (Circa. No year given)
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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Letter from John M. Kemble to Adam Sedgwick, Dec. 1856

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.8954/76
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Sends enclosure: seeks help of Sedgwick's 'archaeological neighbours'; his book will contain much new material; he needs support for publication

Dates: Dec. 1856
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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Letter from John Sinclair, Archdeacon of Middlesex, to Adam Sedgwick, 8 Mar. 1880-8 Mar. 1900 (Circa. No year given)

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.8953/73
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Thanks for contribution to Blomfield Monument Fund; they raised about £1300; the monument will be a recumbent figure in St Paul's on a site chosen by the Bishops of London and Oxford and Mr Beresford Hope; eminent sculptors are invited to send models

Dates: 8 Mar. 1880-8 Mar. 1900 (Circa. No year given)
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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Letter from Lady Augusta Stanley to Adam Sedgwick, 30 July 1872

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.8953/78
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Thanks for condolences

Dates: 30 July 1872
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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Letter from Marquess of Hartington [7th Duke of Devonshire] to Adam Sedgwick, 20 July 1863

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.8952/66
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Glad to act on Sedgwick's recommendation for the son of a North Lancashire friend; he must consider proper conduct of Post Office business, and residents' convenience

Dates: 20 July 1863
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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Letter from Richard Whately, Archbishop of Dublin, to Adam Sedgwick, 26 Nov. 1850

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.8953/18
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His rheumatism has subsided - by mesmerism; it worked also for bilious headaches

Dates: 26 Nov. 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).
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Letter from Sir William Erle to Adam Sedgwick, 16 July 1865

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.8952/47
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He accepts Sedgwick's invitation for the Norwich Assizes

Dates: 16 July 1865
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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Letter from Thomas Woolner to Adam Sedgwick, 18 Feb. 1860

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.8955/94
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When can he start making a bust of Sedgwick?

Dates: 18 Feb. 1860
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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Letter from Tom Taylor to Adam Sedgwick, 9 Jan. 1865

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.8954/146
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Glad Taylor's translations from Breton are approved; attractions of 'the old world Armorican race'; Kingsley is staying with them: he and Taylor's wife share an interest in music

Dates: 9 Jan. 1865
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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Letter from William Selwyn to Adam Sedgwick, 28 Mar. 1867

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.8953/72
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Congratulations on his 82nd birthday; Selwyn in recovering at Guilford

Dates: 28 Mar. 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).
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Notes 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)

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.5096
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78 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).
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Notes made by J.W. Clark in preparation for J.W. Clark and T.M. Hughes, Life and letters of Adam Sedgwick (Cambridge, 1890), 1886-1890

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.5097
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102 folios

Dates: 1886-1890
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).
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Photographs of other individuals (not family), c.1855-1900

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.10452/4/14
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1-2. Adam Sedgwick (Autumn 1860, January 1862); 3. Duke of Devonshire, Chancellor of the University of Cambridge (1862); 4. Otto Struve, St Petersburg (1875); 5-7. Dr Whewell (pre-1866); 8. J. Russell Lowell (undated, c.1860-1880); 9. Robert Ransome of Ipswich (undated, c.1855-1864); 10. Baron Gorell of Brampton (Gorell Barnes) (undated, c.1870-1900).

Dates: c.1855-1900
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