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Adam Sedgwick (/ ˈ s ɛ dʒ w ɪ k /; 22 March 1785 – 27 January 1873) was a British geologist and Anglican priest, one of the founders of modern geology. He proposed the Cambrian and Devonian period of the geological timescale.
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Adam Sedgwick. Adam Sedgwick (Dent, 22 marzo 1785 – Cambridge, 27 gennaio 1873) è stato un geologo inglese. Dopo gli studi effettuati al Trinity College si laureò in matematica a Cambridge nel 1808. Successivamente, nel 1817, venne consacrato pastore e divenne canonico della cattedrale di Norwich.
8 apr 2024 · Adam Sedgwick (born March 22, 1785, Dent, Yorkshire, Eng.—died Jan. 27, 1873, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire) 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.
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Adam Sedgwick was born on March 22, 1785, the third of seven chidren of an Anglican vicar, in Dent, Yorkshire, England. His home life was happy; like so many geologists, young Adam spent time rambling through the countryside, looking at and collecting rocks and fossils.
Adam Sedgwick was one of the founders of modern geology. He is known particularly for his work on classifying rocks from the Devonian and Cambrian eras, and his work was central to developing understanding of the geological time-line.
Si occupò principalmente delle formazioni paleozoiche dell'Inghilterra, Belgio e Germania, ma interessanti sono anche i suoi studî sulla struttura delle Alpi orientali. Fondò la Società geologica di Londra e il Museo di geologia di Cambridge (che porta il suo nome).
8 apr 2024 · Adam Sedgwick was an English zoologist who is best known for his researches on the wormlike organism Peripatus, which he recognized as the zoologically important connecting link between the Annelida, or segmented worms, and the Arthropoda, such as crabs, spiders, and insects.
