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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 ( Yorkshire, 22 de março de 1785 — 27 de janeiro de 1873) foi um geólogo britânico . Carreira. Foi um dos fundadores da geologia moderna. Baseado em estudos de fósseis propôs a existencia do período geológico devonianoe mais tarde o cambriano . Adam Sedgwick passava seu tempo através do pais colecionado rochas e fósseis.
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PUBLICIDADE. Geólogo britânico nascido em Dent,Yorkshire, England, historicamente responsável pela lançamento das bases científicas da Geologia. Terceiro dos sete filhos de um modesto vigário anglicano, desde criança mostrou sua tendência profissional colecionando rochas e fósseis.
8 de abr. de 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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Learn about the life and achievements of Adam Sedgwick, one of the founders of the Devonian and Cambrian periods of the geological time scale. Discover how he taught geology at Cambridge, explored the rocks of Britain, and influenced Charles Darwin.
Adam Sedgwick was a pioneer of modern geology, a charismatic teacher and a leader of scientific societies. He helped to found the Cambridge Philosophical Society in 1819 and the Natural Sciences Tripos in 1851, and was awarded the Copley Medal in 1863.
8 de abr. de 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.
