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81 relations: Alexander von Humboldt, American Academy of Arts and Sciences, British Science Association, Cambrian, Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, Charles Darwin, Charles Lyell, Church of England, Cleavage (geology), Clough River, Concretion, Constant Prévost, Copley Medal, Dean of York, Dent Fault, Dent, Cumbria, Devonian, Dictionary of Scientific Biography, Edinburgh Review, Essays and Reviews, Evangelicalism, Evolution, Evolutionism, Fellow, Fundamentalism, Genesis flood narrative, Geologic time scale, Geological Society of London, Geologist, Geology, George Peacock, George Rolleston, Henry Cole (minister), Henry De la Beche, Immortality, Isaac Asimov, Jamaica, John Dawson (surgeon), John Wilkins, John Willis Clark, Joint (geology), Joseph Jukes, Metamorphism, Natural selection, Natural theology, On the Origin of Species, Principles of Geology, Robert Chambers (publisher, born 1802), Rock (geology), ..., Roderick Murchison, Royal Society, Scottish Highlands, Scriptural geologist, Second voyage of HMS Beagle, Sedbergh School, Sedgwick Club, Sedgwick Museum of Earth Sciences, Silurian, Sir William Cockburn, 11th Baronet, Stratigraphy (archaeology), Stratum, The Great Devonian Controversy, The Times, Thomas Jones (mathematician), Thomas McKenny Hughes, Trinity College, Cambridge, Uniformitarianism, University of Cambridge, Vestiges of the Natural History of Creation, Wales, West Riding of Yorkshire, William Boxall, William Buckland, William Henry Flower, William Hopkins, William Kitchen Parker, Wollaston Medal, Woodwardian Professor of Geology, Wrangler (University of Cambridge), York. Expand index (31 more) »
Alexander von Humboldt
Friedrich Wilhelm Heinrich Alexander von Humboldt (14 September 17696 May 1859) was a Prussian polymath, geographer, naturalist, explorer, and influential proponent of Romantic philosophy and science.
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American Academy of Arts and Sciences
The American Academy of Arts and Sciences is one of the oldest learned societies in the United States of America.
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British Science Association
The British Science Association (BSA) is a charity and learned society founded in 1831 to aid in the promotion and development of science.
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Cambrian
The Cambrian Period was the first geological period of the Paleozoic Era, and of the Phanerozoic Eon.
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Cambridge
Cambridge is a university city and the county town of Cambridgeshire, England, on the River Cam approximately north of London.
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Cambridge University Press
Cambridge University Press (CUP) is the publishing business of the University of Cambridge.
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Charles Darwin
Charles Robert Darwin, (12 February 1809 – 19 April 1882) was an English naturalist, geologist and biologist, best known for his contributions to the science of evolution.
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Charles Lyell
Sir Charles Lyell, 1st Baronet, (14 November 1797 – 22 February 1875) was a Scottish geologist who popularised the revolutionary work of James Hutton.
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Church of England
The Church of England (C of E) is the state church of England.
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Cleavage (geology)
Cleavage, in structural geology and petrology, describes a type of planar rock feature that develops as a result of deformation and metamorphism.
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Clough River
The Clough River is a river in Cumbria, England.
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Concretion
A concretion is a hard, compact mass of matter formed by the precipitation of mineral cement within the spaces between particles, and is found in sedimentary rock or soil.
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Constant Prévost
Louis-Constant Prévost (4 June 1787 – 14 August 1856) was a French geologist.
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Copley Medal
The Copley Medal is a scientific award given by the Royal Society, for "outstanding achievements in research in any branch of science." It alternates between the physical and the biological sciences.
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Dean of York
The Dean of York is the member of the clergy who is responsible for the running of the York Minster cathedral.
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Dent Fault
The Dent Fault is a major fault on the boundary between the counties of Cumbria and North Yorkshire in northern England.
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Dent, Cumbria
Dent is a village and civil parish in Cumbria, England.
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Devonian
The Devonian is a geologic period and system of the Paleozoic, spanning 60 million years from the end of the Silurian, million years ago (Mya), to the beginning of the Carboniferous, Mya.
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Dictionary of Scientific Biography
The Dictionary of Scientific Biography is a scholarly reference work that was published from 1970 through 1980.
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Edinburgh Review
The Edinburgh Review has been the title of four distinct intellectual and cultural magazines.
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Essays and Reviews
Essays and Reviews, edited by John William Parker, published in March 1860, is a broad-church volume of seven essays on Christianity.
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Evangelicalism
Evangelicalism, evangelical Christianity, or evangelical Protestantism, is a worldwide, crossdenominational movement within Protestant Christianity which maintains the belief that the essence of the Gospel consists of the doctrine of salvation by grace through faith in Jesus Christ's atonement.
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Evolution
Evolution is change in the heritable characteristics of biological populations over successive generations.
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Evolutionism
Evolutionism describes the belief in the evolution of organisms.
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Fellow
A fellow is a member of a group (or fellowship) that work together in pursuing mutual knowledge or practice.
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Fundamentalism
Fundamentalism usually has a religious connotation that indicates unwavering attachment to a set of irreducible beliefs.
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Genesis flood narrative
The Genesis flood narrative is a flood myth found in the Hebrew Bible (chapters 6–9 in the Book of Genesis).
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Geologic time scale
The geologic time scale (GTS) is a system of chronological dating that relates geological strata (stratigraphy) to time.
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Geological Society of London
The Geological Society of London, known commonly as the Geological Society, is a learned society based in the United Kingdom.
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Geologist
A geologist is a scientist who studies the solid and liquid matter that constitutes the Earth as well as the processes that shape it.
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Geology
Geology (from the Ancient Greek γῆ, gē, i.e. "earth" and -λoγία, -logia, i.e. "study of, discourse") is an earth science concerned with the solid Earth, the rocks of which it is composed, and the processes by which they change over time.
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George Peacock
George Peacock FRS (9 April 1791 – 8 November 1858) was an English mathematician.
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George Rolleston
George Rolleston MA MD FRCP FRS (30 July 1829 – 16 June 1881) was an English physician and zoologist.
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Henry Cole (minister)
Henry Cole (1792 – 28 June 1858 in Islington) was an Anglican curate at Woolwich, Kent, Islington, and Sunday evening Lecturer at St Mary Somerset in the City of London.
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Henry De la Beche
Sir Henry Thomas De la Beche KCB, FRS (10 February 179613 April 1855) was an English geologist and palaeontologist, the first director of the Geological Survey of Great Britain, who helped pioneer early geological survey methods.
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Immortality
Immortality is eternal life, being exempt from death, unending existence.
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Isaac Asimov
Isaac Asimov (January 2, 1920 – April 6, 1992) was an American writer and professor of biochemistry at Boston University.
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Jamaica
Jamaica is an island country situated in the Caribbean Sea.
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John Dawson (surgeon)
John Dawson (1734 – 19 September 1820) was both a mathematician and surgeon.
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John Wilkins
John Wilkins, (16141672) was an Anglican clergyman, natural philosopher and author, and was one of the founders of the Royal Society.
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John Willis Clark
John Willis Clark (1833 – 1910), sometimes J. W. Clark, was an English academic and antiquarian.
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Joint (geology)
A rock in Abisko fractured along existing joints possibly by mechanical frost weathering A joint is a break (fracture) of natural origin in the continuity of either a layer or body of rock that lacks any visible or measurable movement parallel to the surface (plane) of the fracture.
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Joseph Jukes
Joseph Beete Jukes (10 October 1811 – 29 July 1869), born to John and Sophia Jukes at Summer Hill, Birmingham, England, was a renowned geologist, author of several geological manuals and served as a naturalist on the expeditions of (under the command of Francis Price Blackwood).
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Metamorphism
Metamorphism is the change of minerals or geologic texture (distinct arrangement of minerals) in pre-existing rocks (protoliths), without the protolith melting into liquid magma (a solid-state change).
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Natural selection
Natural selection is the differential survival and reproduction of individuals due to differences in phenotype.
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Natural theology
Natural theology, once also termed physico-theology, is a type of theology that provides arguments for the existence of God based on reason and ordinary experience of nature.
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On the Origin of Species
On the Origin of Species (or more completely, On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection, or the Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life),The book's full original title was On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection, or the Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life.
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Principles of Geology
Principles of Geology: being an attempt to explain the former changes of the Earth's surface, by reference to causes now in operation is a book by the Scottish geologist Charles Lyell that was first published in 3 volumes from 1830–1833.
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Robert Chambers (publisher, born 1802)
Robert Chambers (10 July 1802 – 17 March 1871) was a Scottish publisher, geologist, evolutionary thinker, author and journal editor who, like his elder brother and business partner William Chambers, was highly influential in mid-19th century scientific and political circles.
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Rock (geology)
Rock or stone is a natural substance, a solid aggregate of one or more minerals or mineraloids.
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Roderick Murchison
Roderick Impey Murchison, 1st Baronet KCB DCL FRS FRSE FLS PRGS PBA MRIA (22 February 1792 – 22 October 1871) was a Scottish geologist who first described and investigated the Silurian system.
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Royal Society
The President, Council and Fellows of the Royal Society of London for Improving Natural Knowledge, commonly known as the Royal Society, is a learned society.
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Scottish Highlands
The Highlands (the Hielands; A’ Ghàidhealtachd, "the place of the Gaels") are a historic region of Scotland.
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Scriptural geologist
Scriptural geologists (or Mosaic geologists) were a heterogeneous group of writers in the early nineteenth century, who claimed "the primacy of literalistic biblical exegesis" and a short Young Earth time-scale.
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Second voyage of HMS Beagle
The second voyage of HMS Beagle, from 27 December 1831 to 2 October 1836, was the second survey expedition of HMS ''Beagle'', under captain Robert FitzRoy who had taken over command of the ship on its first voyage after the previous captain committed suicide.
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Sedbergh School
Sedbergh School is a co-educational independent boarding school in the town of Sedbergh in Cumbria, in North West England.
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Sedgwick Club
The Sedgwick Club is the official student geological society at the University of Cambridge, and is the oldest student-run geological society in the world.
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Sedgwick Museum of Earth Sciences
The Sedgwick Museum of Earth Sciences, is the geology museum of the University of Cambridge.
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Silurian
The Silurian is a geologic period and system spanning 24.6 million years from the end of the Ordovician Period, at million years ago (Mya), to the beginning of the Devonian Period, Mya.
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Sir William Cockburn, 11th Baronet
Sir William Cockburn, 11th Baronet (2 June 1773 – 30 April 1858, Kelston) was a Church of England clergyman.
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Stratigraphy (archaeology)
Stratigraphy is a key concept to modern archaeological theory and practice.
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Stratum
In geology and related fields, a stratum (plural: strata) is a layer of sedimentary rock or soil, or igneous rock that were formed at the Earth's surface, with internally consistent characteristics that distinguish it from other layers.
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The Great Devonian Controversy
The Great Devonian Controversy began in 1834 when Roderick Murchison disagreed with Henry De la Beche as to the dating of certain petrified plants found in coals in the Greywacke strata in North Devon, England.
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The Times
The Times is a British daily (Monday to Saturday) national newspaper based in London, England.
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Thomas Jones (mathematician)
Thomas Jones (23 June 1756 – 18 July 1807) was Head Tutor at Trinity College, Cambridge for twenty years and an outstanding teacher of mathematics.
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Thomas McKenny Hughes
Thomas McKenny Hughes (17 December 1832 – 9 June 1917) was a Welsh geologist.
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Trinity College, Cambridge
Trinity College is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge in England.
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Uniformitarianism
Uniformitarianism, also known as the Doctrine of Uniformity,, "The assumption of spatial and temporal invariance of natural laws is by no means unique to geology since it amounts to a warrant for inductive inference which, as Bacon showed nearly four hundred years ago, is the basic mode of reasoning in empirical science.
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University of Cambridge
The University of Cambridge (informally Cambridge University)The corporate title of the university is The Chancellor, Masters, and Scholars of the University of Cambridge.
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Vestiges of the Natural History of Creation
Vestiges of the Natural History of Creation is an 1844 work of speculative natural history and philosophy by Robert Chambers.
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Wales
Wales (Cymru) is a country that is part of the United Kingdom and the island of Great Britain.
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West Riding of Yorkshire
The West Riding of Yorkshire is one of the three historic subdivisions of Yorkshire, England.
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William Boxall
Sir William Boxall (29 June 1800 – 6 December 1879) was an English painter and museum director.
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William Buckland
William Buckland DD, FRS (12 March 1784 – 14 August 1856) was an English theologian who became Dean of Westminster.
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William Henry Flower
Sir William Henry Flower KCB FRCS FRS (30 November 1831 – 1 July 1899) was an English surgeon, museum curator and comparative anatomist, who became a leading authority on mammals and especially on the primate brain.
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William Hopkins
William Hopkins FRS (2 February 1793 – 13 October 1866) was an English mathematician and geologist.
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William Kitchen Parker
William Kitchen Parker FRS FRMS (23 June 1823 – 3 July 1890) was an English physician, zoologist and comparative anatomist.
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Wollaston Medal
The Wollaston Medal is a scientific award for geology, the highest award granted by the Geological Society of London.
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Woodwardian Professor of Geology
The Woodwardian Professor of Geology is a professorship held in the Department of Earth Sciences at the University of Cambridge.
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Wrangler (University of Cambridge)
At the University of Cambridge in England, a "Wrangler" is a student who gains first-class honours in the third year of the University's undergraduate degree in mathematics.
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York
York is a historic walled city at the confluence of the rivers Ouse and Foss in North Yorkshire, England.
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References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adam_Sedgwick
