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Adam Sedgwick
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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…
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- … One of the early leaders of geology in Britain, Adam Sedgwick was born in the Yorkshire village of …
- … Despite having little prior knowledge of the subject, Sedgwick soon commenced fieldwork, offered …
- … gatherings. In the summer of 1831 Darwin accompanied Sedgwick on a tour of the older fossil-bearing …
- … as he told Henslow in a letter , 'Tell Prof: Sedgwick he does not know how much I am …
- … three weeks, than in pounding the NW mountains.' Darwin and Sedgwick continued to correspond in …
- … Darwin sent a copy of the first edition of Origin . Sedgwick had long battled against …
- … friendly letters. In 1870 they met for the last time, and Sedgwick took Darwin on a long tour of …
List of correspondents
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Below is a list of Darwin's correspondents with the number of letters for each one. Click on a name to see the letters Darwin exchanged with that correspondent. "A child of God" (1) Abberley,…
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- … child of God" (1) Abberley, John (1) …
- … Adams, A. L. (1) Addison, John (1) …
- … Airy, Hubert (27) Aitchison, William (2) …
- … Allen, J. A. (b) (1) Allen, John (1) …
- … C. J. (3) Andrews, John (1) Ann. …
- … Baird, S. F. (1) Baird, William (1) …
- … Balfour, J. H. (7) Ball, John (5) …
- … Baxter, W. W. (36) Baxter, William (7) …
- … Becher, A. B. (1) Beck, John (2) …
- … Beckhard, Martin (1) Beddoe, John (3) …
- … Bennett, A. W. (21) Bennett, William (2) …
- … C. H. (8) Blackwall, John (4) …
- … Blanche (2) Blenkiron, William, Jr (1) …
- … J. A. H. de (11) Bostock, John (1) …
- … Bowles, W. B. (2) Bowman, William (29) …
- … Bridgman, W. K. (3) Brigg, John (1) …
- … Frank (17) Buckland, William (6) …
- … Busch, Otto (1) Bush, John (3) Busk, …
- … Caton, J. D. (9) Cattell, John (3) …
- … Clephan, T. R. (1) Clift, William (1) …
- … Coldstream, John (2) Cole, William (3) …
- … Cooper, W. B. (1) Cooper, William (1) …
- … Ellicott, C. J. (1) Elliot, Adam (1) …
- … Fiske, John (14) Fitch, Adam (3) …
- … Philippi, R. A. (1) Phillips, John (21) …
- … Seddon, W. Z. (2) Sedgwick, Adam (15) …
- … Wheler, E. A. (9) Whewell, William (8) …
- … Whitby, M. A. T. (3) White, Adam (2) …
Darwin’s reading notebooks
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In April 1838, Darwin began recording the titles of books he had read and the books he wished to read in Notebook C (Notebooks, pp. 319–28). In 1839, these lists were copied and continued in separate notebooks. The first of these reading notebooks (DAR 119…
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- … immortality of Soul. amongst Ancients [Toland 1704] Adam Smith Moral Sentiments [A. Smith …
- … The Emigrant, Head [F. B. Head 1846] St. John’s Highlands [C. W. G. Saint John 1846] …
- … June /41/ [Herschel 1841] I see I must study Whewell on Philosophy of Science [Whewell 1840] …
- … 1848] Cuming Lion Hunter [Cumming 1850] Sir C. Phillips Recollections of Curran [C. …
- … B.M. 6. 6. Black Edin. Longman [Ramsay 1848] St. John’s Nat. Hist. of Sutherlanshire, Murray …
- … Liebigs Lectures on Chemistry [Liebig 1851]. Sir John Davies. China during the War and Peace …
- … 119: 4a] Lessings Laocoon [Lessing 1836] Whewell inductive History [Whewell 1837] …
- … Boswell’s life of Johnsons [Boswell 1831] 4 vols 25 Phillips Geology [J. Phillips 1837–9] …
- … 1807] 24 th Well Skimmed (for second time) Whewell’s Bridgewater Treatise [Whewell …
- … 1841]. 2 d . vols. —— 30 th . Smollets William & Mary. & Anne [Smollett 1805].— …
- … & Forsyth on Forest Trees [Boutcher 1775 and Forsyth 1791] Phillips History of cultivated …
- … d . Series. vol 3. p. 1 to 312 30 th Colquhoun (John) The Moor & the Loch [Colquhoun …
- … ] 12. Sedgwicks Discourse on Study of Univers [Sedgwick 1850] 28 Steenstrup on …
- … [DAR *128: 149] Murray Geograph. Distrib. Price William & Norgate 2” 12” 6 [A. Murray …
- … Hind’s Solar System [Hind 1852] April 20 th William Humboldts letters [K. W. von Humboldt …
- … [R. H. Dana [1840] (good) Bertrams [Trollope 1859] & Adam Bede [Eliot 1859] (excellent) …
- … 7 Probably a reference to the private library of William Jackson Hooker and his son, Joseph …
- … In February 1882, however, after reading the introduction to William Ogle’s translation of Aristotle …
- … Notebooks ). 19 According to the DNB , William Herbert provided notes for both …
- … Eliot, George, pseud . (Marian Evans Cross). 1859. Adam Bede . 3 vols. Edinburgh. [Other …
- … . London. [Darwin Pamphlet Collection.] 119: 1a Sedgwick, Adam. 1850. A discourse on …
- … and conduct. London. 128: 27 Smith, Adam. 1759. The theory of moral sentiments. …
