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Though he had guided the young Charles Darwin in his early study of geology and continued to be on friendly terms, Sedgwick was an opponent of Darwin's theory of evolution by means of natural selection.
One of the early leaders of geology in Britain, Adam Sedgwick was born in the Yorkshire village of Dent in 1785. Attending Trinity College Cambridge, he was ordained as clergyman and in 1818 was appointed to the Woodwardian Chair of Geology, which offered a small stipend.
In November 1835, before Darwin had returned to England, Sedgwick read some of Darwin's work on South American geology to the Geological Society of London. This greatly improved Darwin's reputation as a scientist; he was inducted into the Society shortly after his return.
Sedgwick encouraged and supported Darwin, corresponding with him about his discoveries during his Beagle voyage, and communicating some of his work to the Geological Society. However, he was harshly critical of Darwin’s theory of evolution of species, primarily because of a perceived conflict with his profound religious beliefs.
Apr 8, 2024 · Adam Sedgwick was an English geologist who first applied the name Cambrian to the geologic period of time, now dated at 570 to 505 million years ago. Sedgwick was educated at the grammar schools of Dent and Sedbergh and at Trinity College, Cambridge, where in 1810 he was elected a fellow.
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Adam Sedgwick, zoologist, shares his name with the much better known Adam Sedgwick, clergyman, geologist and mentor of Charles Darwin, and after whom Cambridge's Sedgwick Museum is named. The two Sedgwicks were related; the zoologist was the great nephew of the geologist.
Professor Adam Sedgwick on a geologic tour of North Wales. Twenty pages of notes made by Darwin during the tour,' and two letters written by Sedgwick to Darwin in September of that year 2 have been preserved, and are published here for the first time.
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