2016

TL4558 : Adam Sedgwick, Sedgwick Museum

taken 10 years ago, near to Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England

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Adam Sedgwick, Sedgwick Museum
Adam Sedgwick, Sedgwick Museum
Sedgwick Museum

The Sedgwick Museum of Earth Sciences, is the geology museum of the University of Cambridge. It is part of the Department of Earth Sciences and is located on the University's Downing Site in Downing Street. The Sedgwick Museum is one of the eight museums which make up the University of Cambridge Museums. The museum is named after Adam Sedgwick the Victorian geologist.

Adam Sedgwick :: SD7087

Adam Sedgwick (22 March 1785 – 27 January 1873) was one of the founders of modern geology. He proposed the Devonian period of the geological timescale. Later, he proposed the Cambrian period, based on work which he did on Welsh rock strata.
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N Chadwick   (more nearby)
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Saturday, 1 October, 2016   (more nearby)
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Sunday, 19 February, 2017
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OSGB36: geotagged! TL 4510 5820 [10m precision]
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OSGB36: geotagged! TL 4509 5819
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