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	MS Add.7652	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	MUS/1, LDGSL/736	NRA 28354 Geological Soc
4	1815-16: attendance book at his lectures	Cambridge University Library: Department of Manuscripts and University Archives	MS Add.3144
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	MS Add.8396	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	MS Add.9807
9	1819-68: misc autograph letters	Cambridge University Library: Department of Manuscripts and University Archives	MS Add.7670	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	Add MSS 37182-99 passim
12	c1850-72: letters to Leonard Blomefield	Bath Royal Literary and Scientific Institution	Jenyns Corresp	NRA 41808 Blomefield
13	1826-54: letters (11) to Lord Brougham	UCL: University College London (UCL) Special Collections	BROUGHAM BL, HB	See HMC MS papers of British scientists 1600-1940, 1982
14	1851-69: letters (19) to General Charles Grey	Durham University Library and Collections	Grey of Howick collection	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	M/S 11	NRA 28354 Geological Soc
17	1845: letters to Macvey Napier	British Library, Manuscript Collections	Add MS 34625
18	1842-69: corresp (40 items) with Sir Richard Owen and William Clift	Natural History Museum Library and Archives	L OC62	See Catalogue of MSS... Natural History Museum (1995)
19	1827-69: letters (112) to John Phillips	Oxford University: Museum of Natural History	John Phillips Archive/Box 46	NRA 42482
20	1827-62: corresp with William Whewell etc	Cambridge University: Trinity College Library	WHEWELL	NRA 8804