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Adam Sedgwick, engraving by C. Butterworth and Heath, 19th century
Adam Sedgwick, engraving by C. Butterworth and Heath, 19th century

Adam Sedgwick

British zoologist
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Born:
Sept. 28, 1854, Norwich, Norfolk, Eng.
Died:
Feb. 27, 1913, London (aged 58)
Subjects Of Study:
Peripatus
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Adam Sedgwick (born Sept. 28, 1854, Norwich, Norfolk, Eng.—died Feb. 27, 1913, London) 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. A grandnephew of the geologist Adam Sedgwick, he was educated at King’s College, London, and Trinity College, Cambridge. In 1878 he became a lecturer in the school for zoological research directed by Francis Maitland Balfour, who was a leader of research in comparative anatomy and embryology. After ...(100 of 159 words)

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