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Sedgwick, Adam, (1785-1873), geologist

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Surname: Sedgwick
Forenames: Adam
Gender: Male
Date: 1785-1873
Biography: ODNB link for Sedgwick, Adam (1785-1873), geologist
Name authority reference: GB/NNAF/P152550 (Former ISAAR ref: GB/NNAF/P25675 )
Online related resources Bibliography of British and Irish History link for Adam Sedgwick
Collections
Number Description Held by Reference Further information
1
corresp and papers
Cambridge University: Sedgwick Museum of Earth Sciences
See Bridson, Natural history MS resources 1980
2
corresp and papers
Cambridge University Library: Department of Manuscripts and University Archives
NRA 44054
3
1816-26: account of tour through France (2 vols) and papers rel to work on magnesian limestone north of the Tees
Geological Society of London
NRA 28354 Geological Soc
4
1815-16: attendance book at his lectures
Cambridge University Library: Department of Manuscripts and University Archives
5
1856-1858: papers
Cambridge University Library: Department of Manuscripts and University Archives
See HMC MS papers of British scientists 1600-1940, 1982
6
1807-71: corresp with members of the Ainger family
Cambridge University Library: Department of Manuscripts and University Archives
NRA 44020
7
corresp (2 vols)
Cambridge University: Trinity College Library
See HMC MS papers of British scientists 1600-1940, 1982
8
1873: letters of condolence on his death received by his neice Isabella Sedgwick
Cambridge University Library: Department of Manuscripts and University Archives
9
1819-68: misc autograph letters
Cambridge University Library: Department of Manuscripts and University Archives
NRA 44020
10
1845-55: corresp with Sir George Airy (17 items)
Cambridge University Library: Department of Manuscripts and University Archives
See HMC MS papers of British scientists 1600-1940, 1982
11
1817-68: corresp with Charles Babbage
British Library, Manuscript Collections
12
c1850-72: letters to Leonard Blomefield
Bath Royal Literary and Scientific Institution
NRA 41808 Blomefield
13
1826-54: letters (11) to Lord Brougham
London University: University College London (UCL) Special Collections
See HMC MS papers of British scientists 1600-1940, 1982
14
1851-69: letters (19) to General Charles Grey
Durham University Library and Collections
NRA 6228 Grey
15
1820-69: letters (20) to Sir John Herschel
Royal Society
See HMC MS papers of British scientists 1600-1940, 1982
16
1827-69: letters (295) to Roderick Impey Murchison
Geological Society of London
NRA 28354 Geological Soc
17
1845: letters to Macvey Napier
British Library, Manuscript Collections
18
1842-69: corresp (40 items) with Sir Richard Owen and William Clift
Natural History Museum Library and Archives
See Catalogue of MSS... Natural History Museum (1995)
19
1827-69: letters (112) to John Phillips
Oxford University: Museum of Natural History
NRA 42482
20
1827-62: corresp with William Whewell etc
Cambridge University: Trinity College Library
NRA 8804