Adam Sedgwick

Adam Sedgwick (1785-1873) was a British geologist, born at Dent, Yorkshire. He graduated at Cambridge in 1808, became a Fellow in the same year, and in 1818 was elected to the Woodward chair of Geology. He co-operated with Murchison in the study of the geological formation of the Alps and the Devonian system of England. Known for strongly conservative in his scientific theories, he stoutly opposed the Darwinian theory of the origin of species. His best work was contributed in papers to the Geological Society of London, of which he was President 1829-1831. He published "British Palæozoic Rocks and Fossils".

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