Sedgwick, Adam

Japanese: セジウィック（英語表記）Sedgwick， Adam

Born March 22, 1785 in Dent, Yorkshire
Died January 27, 1873. British geologist from Cambridge. He studied mathematics at Cambridge University (1808). He had a unique career history in that he began studying geology after being appointed professor of geology at Cambridge University in 1818. He was president of the Geological Society (29). While working to promote geological education at universities, he also engaged in extensive research throughout the UK, mainly in collaboration with R. Murchison. He is particularly famous for naming the Cambrian period in North Wales and the Devonian period in Devonshire. The Sedgwick Museum in Cambridge was built in his honor (1903). His main work was A Synopsis of the Classification of the British Paleozoic Rocks (1855).

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Japanese:

[生]1785.3.22. ヨークシャー，デント
[没]1873.1.27. ケンブリッジ
イギリスの地質学者。ケンブリッジ大学で数学を学ぶ (1808) 。 1818年にケンブリッジ大学地質学教授に任命されてから地質学の勉強を開始するという珍しい経歴の持主。地質学協会会長 (29) 。大学における地質学教育の振興に努める一方，おもに R.マーチソンと共同でイギリス全土にわたる広範な調査研究に従事。ウェールズ北部におけるカンブリア紀，デボンシャーにおけるデボン紀の命名が特に有名。彼を記念してケンブリッジにセジウィック博物館が建てられた (1903) 。主著『イギリス古生界岩石分類概要』A Synopsis of the Classification of the British Paleozoic Rocks (1855) 。

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