#AdamSedgwick geologist, professor, fellow Trinity College Alumni, Baptised #Dent church, Yorks in 'his beloved birth Dale'.
Cambridge geologist #AdamSedgwick was born OTD in 1785 in Yorkshire. In Lyme Regis on 20 Sept 1820 he noted in his journal 'After breakfast purchase fossils of Miss Anning', suggesting that by then #MaryAnning had taken over running the family fossil shop from her mother.
Happy birthday to Adam Sedgwick (1785-1873)! 🎂
The trilobite that Adam Sedgwick is holding in this statue was based on a real fossil which you can find on display in the museum.
#OnThisDay #AdamSedgwick #SedgwickMuseum #FossilFriday #Geology
BRIAN ELBOURN Another view of Dent, fascinated to learn it was birthplace of #AdamSedgwick founder of modern geology.
Year 12 Sedbergh School students went on a mini field trip today & learnt about local #geology & #AdamSedgwick
Science vs The Ark Encounter: Episode 5 - Conspiracy Theories? #AdamSedwick #AdamSedgwick #KenHam creationism.trendolizer.com/2018/07/scienc…
#OTD in 1831 #MaryAnning wrote to Cambridge geologist #AdamSedgwick : 'I do not know if you have heard of a new fossil now in my possession it is a skeleton with a head like a pair of scissors Vertebrae like an encrinite...the only one in Europe price 50£'.
(1) 📑 #OTD in #History 16 Nov 1835, “Extracts from Letters to Henslow”, taken from 10 letters written by #CharlesDarwin to #JohnStevensHenslow during the second survey expedition of #HMSBeagle , were read by Henslow and #AdamSedgwick to the Cambridge Philosophical Society.
Early exploration in Ingleborough Cave in the words of Adam Sedgwick. #Exploration #IngleboroughCave #Caves #AdamSedgwick
High level support for @LapworthMuseum to be Art Fund #MuseumOfTheYear from #CharlesDarwin & #AdamSedgwick #lapworthrocks
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📑 #OTD in #History 16 Nov 1835, “Extracts from Letters to Henslow”, taken from 10 letters written by #CharlesDarwin to #JohnStevensHenslow during the second survey expedition of #HMSBeagle , were read by Henslow and #AdamSedgwick to the Cambridge Philosophical Society.
'As a system of philosophy it is not like the Tower of Babel, so daring its high aim as to seek a she...' -- Adam Sedgwick | 小野猫
#adamsedgwick #quote s #quote s andsayings #motivation #inspiration #sayings #quote #quote oftheday'
Today is also 203 years since Adam Sedgwick became the 7th Woodwardian Professor 🎉. On your next visit to the museum check out the boots he wore on his 1827 trip to Scotland with Roderick Murchison👢. #AdamSedgwick #WoodwardianProfessor #Boots
A beautiful geological map of the Isle of Wight, engraved by J.Walker, London in 1815. The Society's founder John Stevens Henslow used this map on a field trip with Adam Sedgwick. #adamsedgwick #johnhenslow #Science
Photo: Courtesy of the Sedgwick Museum.
