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Sedgwick, Adam. Adm. sizar (age 19) at TRINITY, Nov. 18, 1803. S. of [the Rev.] Richard (1756), of Dent, Yorks. (by his 2nd wife, Margaret Sturgis). B. Mar. 27, 1785, at Dent. School, Sedbergh. Matric. Michs. 1804; Scholar, 1807; B.A. (5th Wrangler) 1808; M.A. 1811; Hon. LL.D. 1866. Fellow, 1810; Vice-Master, 1844-62. Senior Proctor, 1827-8. Ord. deacon (Norwich, Litt. dim. from Bristol) July 20, 1817; priest (Salisbury) 1818. Woodwardian Professor of Geology, 1818-73. On his election to the Chair, he was practically ignorant of geology. The stipend was only £100 a year and the office had been regarded almost as a sinecure, but he succeeded in realizing what he described in his last published words as the 'three prominent hopes' of his lifeto form a collection worthy of the University, to secure the building of a suitable museum and 'to bring together a class of students who would listen to my teaching, support me by their sympathy and help me by the labour of their hands.' Took Charles Darwin on a geological tour. F.R.S., 1830; Copley medal, 1863. Secretary to Prince Albert (when Chancellor) 1847. Canon of Norwich, 1834-73. Hon. D.C.L., Oxford, 1860. President of the Cambridge Philosophical Society, 1831 and 1853. F.G.S.; President, 1831. President of the British Association, 1833. Member of the Royal Commission to inquire into the condition of the University, 1850. Died, unmarried, Jan. 27, 1873, in Trinity; buried in the Chapel. M.I. there and at Dent, Yorks. Commemorated in Cambridge by the Sedgwick prize, founded in 1865, by the Sedgwick Museum of geology and by a bronze statue by Onslow Ford, R.A. Brother of James (1812) and John (1809); great-uncle of the next. (D.N.B.; Boase, III. 475; C.U. Hist. Reg.) | Adam SEDGWICK Approx. lifespan: 17851873 sizar aged 19 Trinity College adm1803:11:18 s. of [Rev.] Richard SEDGWICK (1756) of Dent, West Riding of Yorkshire , (by his 2nd wife, Margaret Sturgis) b. Dent, [West Riding of Yorkshire], 1785:03:27 Sch: Sedbergh School Sedbergh, [West Riding of Yorkshire], Matric 1804:10MT: Scholar 1807 BA 5 th Wrangler 1808 MA 1811 Hon.LLD 1866 Fellow 1810 Vice-Master 1844-62 Senior Proctor: 1827-28 Ord. deacon Norwich, Litt. dim. from Bristol 1817:07:20 Ord. priest Salisbury 1818 Woodwardian Professor of Geology: 1818-73 On his election to the Chair, he was practically ignorant of Geology. The stipend was only £100 a year and the office had been regarded almost as a sinecure, but he succeeded in realizing what he described in his last published words as the "three prominent hopes" of his lifeto form a collection worthy of University, to secure the building of a suitable museum and "to bring together a class of students who would listen to my teaching, support me by their sympathy and help me by the labour of their hands." Took Charles Darwin on a geological tour. FRS 1830 Copley Medal: 1863 Sec. to: : Prince Albert (when Chancellor: ) 1847 Canon of: Norwich, [Norfolk], 1834-73 Hon.DCL OX, [Oxfordshire], 1860 President of: CB, ???, Philosophical Society 1831, and 1853 F.G.S.; President: 1831 President of: : British Association 1833 Member of: the Royal Commission to inquire into the condition of University 1850 d., unmarried 1873:01:27 in Trinity buried in the Chapel. MI there ^ [Norfolk], and Dent, West Riding of Yorkshire , Commemorated CB, ???, by the Sedgwick Prize, founded in1865 by Sedgwick Museum of Geology and by a bronze statue by Onslow Ford, R.A. brother of James SEDGWICK (1812) brother of John SEDGWICK (1809) ; great-uncle of the next. ( D.N.B.; Boase, III. 475; C.U. Hist. Reg .) [add:]Resigned the Shudy Camps, [Cambridgeshire], living in 1832[:add] [add:]Portrait engraving: CAS: E.64; photographs: CAS Album 38, 56, 70, Five portraits, two busts and statue at Sedgwick Museum; Portrait by Farren at Fitzwilliam Museum; portrait by Boxall and bust by T. Woolner at Trinity College [:add] [add:](P.J. Barnwell: Romilly, 1832:11:29; GoodisonL CP 259-66; Atkinson, 452, 454, 497)[:add] |