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Adam Sedgwick
Adam Sedgwick (1785-1873) was a British geologist who is best known for his work on the stratigraphy of the British Isles and for his contributions to the early understanding of the relationship between rocks, fossils, and time. He is also known for his work on the 3 main geological periods known as the Cambrian, Silurian and Devonian periods. Sedgwick studied, among other topics, the structure and composition of rocks all over Britain, as well as Iceland and Norway. His writing on the subject of geology and geophysical processes was influential in developing a unified understanding of the landscape and its development. As a professor at Cambridge University, Sedgwick encouraged the idea of geology as an exact science, a precursor of modern geology. He was an important figure in the history of the geological sciences and one of the most prominent proponents of the theory of evolution.
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