Definition: Adam Sedgwick was a geologist teaching at Cambridge University in the 1830s when he hired a new field assistant named Charles Darwin to help him on some research in Wales. Although Sedgwick was first and last a believer in divinely inspired evolution, he undoubtedly gave Darwin some of the training Darwin required to develop his theory of natural selection.
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This glossary entry is part of the Dictionary of Archaeology. Sources for the term include the references listed on the front page of the Dictionary, and the websites listed in the sidebar.
Common Misspellings: Sedgewick
