From:
Adam Sedgwick
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
4 Sept 1831
Source of text:
DAR 204: 65
Summary:
Reports on his geological work in N. Wales since he and CD parted. Answers CD’s queries.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Adam Sedgwick
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
18 Sept 1831
Source of text:
DAR 204: 66
Summary:
Is glad of CD’s appointment and hopes it will be a source of happiness and honour.
Answers a query about books.
Suggests CD go to Geological Society, present himself, as AS’s friend, to William Lonsdale and study the Society’s collection.
Tells CD of his work in Wales; includes a diagram and explanations.
Ramsay’s death a grievous loss.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Adam Sedgwick
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
24 Nov 1859
Source of text:
DAR 98: B17–18
Summary:
Thanks CD for the Origin; AS has read the book "with more pain than pleasure". CD has deserted "the true method of induction" and many of his wide conclusions are "based upon assumptions which can neither be proved nor disproved". His "grand principle – natural selection" is "but a secondary consequence of supposed, or known, primary facts".
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Adam Sedgwick
To:
Geological Society of London
Date:
10 July 1837
Source of text:
Geological Society of London (GSL/COM/P/4/2/49)
Summary:
Referee’s report on "Elevation on the coast of Chili" [(1838), Collected papers 1: 41–3] and paper by Alexander Caldcleugh on same subject. Recommends printing CD’s in Transactions and shortening Caldcleugh’s. [W. Lonsdale’s note shows CD’s paper withdrawn 15 Nov 1837, Caldcleugh’s ordered not printed 15 Nov 1837.]
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Adam Sedgwick
To:
Geological Society of London
Date:
[after 15 May 1838]
Source of text:
Geological Society of London (GSL/COM/P/4/2/48)
Summary:
Referee report on CD’s "Volcanic phenomena in South America" [Collected papers 1: 53–86]. Deductions incontrovertible, but theoretical remarks not clearly stated.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Adam Sedgwick
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
11 Oct 1868
Source of text:
DAR 177: 129
Summary:
Congratulates CD on election of his son [George] as a Fellow of Trinity College.
Describes his ill health.
Invites CD to visit Cambridge.
[Letter dated November in error.]
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Adam Sedgwick
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
30 May 1870
Source of text:
DAR 177: 128
Summary:
Writes of CD’s recent visit to Cambridge and the joy it gave him.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Adam Sedgwick
To:
Mary Somerville
Date:
21 Apr 1869
Source of text:
MSS 4 / 53, Dep. c. 372, Bod, MS
Summary:
No summary available.
Contributor:
Brigitte Stenhouse
From:
Adam Sedgwick
To:
William Somerville
Date:
?? Mar 1832
Source of text:
MSS 4 / 49, Dep. c. 372, Bod, MS
Summary:
No summary available.
Contributor:
Brigitte Stenhouse
From:
Adam Sedgwick
To:
William Somerville
Date:
?? Apr 1832
Source of text:
MSS 4 / 51, Dep. c. 372, Bod, MS
Summary:
No summary available.
Contributor:
Brigitte Stenhouse
From:
Adam Sedgwick
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[26 February 1820]
Source of text:
RS:HS 15.418
Summary:
Thanks JH for communication to the [Cambridge Philosophical] Society. States the reactions of Cambridge faculty to the society. Gives dates for next meetings.
Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Adam Sedgwick
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
20 March [1820]
Source of text:
RS:HS 15.419
Summary:
States that the [Cambridge Philosophical Society] meeting went well. Charges against council were proven unfounded with the help of a letter from [Webster?]. James Cumming has been experimenting with magneticogalvanic phenomena.
Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Adam Sedgwick
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[13 November 1820]
Source of text:
RS:HS 15.421
Summary:
Discusses study of Oolite beds. Mother recently died. Will bring paper to publisher. Discusses last Cambridge Philosophical Society meeting, [James] Wood, and [E. D.] Clarke. Cannot locate the crystal JH requested.
Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Adam Sedgwick
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[17 May 1844]
Source of text:
RS:HS 15.423
Summary:
Discusses prior meeting of B.A.A.S. to determine if [Cambridge] University would receive it. Says meeting went well. Asks if JH will agree to chair the B.A.A.S. meeting.
Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Adam Sedgwick
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[11 April 1845]
Source of text:
RS:HS 15.425 & RS:HS 15:460
Summary:
Discusses meetings of B.A.A.S. Describes [Robert Chambers's] Vestiges of Creation as a 'singularly shallow work.' Asks various astronomical questions of JH. Says the author misunderstands P. S. Laplace and Auguste Comte. AS is quite harsh in criticism.
Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Adam Sedgwick
To:
Margaret Brodie Herschel
Date:
[8 January 1846]
Source of text:
RS:HS 15.429
Summary:
Thanks her for her hospitality. Discusses letter read at Geological Society the previous night. Asks that Mrs. [G. B.] Airy's picture be returned.
Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Adam Sedgwick
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[1847-12-25 or later
Source of text:
RS:HS 15.461 inc
Summary:
Thanks JH for letter of 7 December, inviting him to Collingwood for Christmas. Apologizes for not coming. Received bad domestic news and was robbed. Will testify at Old Bailey.
Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Adam Sedgwick
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[2 January 1848]
Source of text:
RS:HS 15.433
Summary:
Is ill and cannot write instructions. Directs JH to instructions written earlier by the Council of the Geological Society.
Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Adam Sedgwick
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[4 April 1848]
Source of text:
RS:HS 15.437
Summary:
Needs clarification of the relationship between the sun's rotation and the nebular hypothesis. Do the planets between Mars and Jupiter create problems for the hypothesis?
Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Adam Sedgwick
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[20?] April 1848
Source of text:
RS:HS 15.439
Summary:
Tells JH to arrive 16 May. Will send train schedule. Sends regards to family.
Contributor:
John Herschel Project