Letter to Richard Owen, [1860?], January 8.

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Letter to Richard Owen, [1860?], January 8.

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Autograph signed letter from Sedgwick to English biologist, comparative anatomist and paleontologist Richard Owen, regarding "some new bones from our 'Green Sand' - certainly one new species of Pterodactyl." Sedgwick was coming to London to present the bones to Owen at the British Museum. Includes a lithograph portrait of Adam Sedgwick by J. H. Lynch after a drawing by S. Lawrence [1844]. The portrait is signed by Adam Sedgwick.

1 letter, 18 cm. 3 pages, includes litograph portrait of Adam Sedgwick (24 x 17 cm.).

Huntington Library, Art Collections & Botanical Gardens

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Sedgwick, Adam, 1785-1873

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Adam Sedgwick was one of the founders of modern geology. He proposed the Devonian period of the geological timescale. Later, he proposed the Cambrian period, based on work which he did on Welsh rock strata. Though he had guided the young Charles Darwin in his early study of geology, Sedgwick was an outspoken opponent of Darwin's theory of evolution by means of natural selection. From the description of Letter to Richard Owen, [1860?], January 8. (Huntington Library, Art Collections &...

Owen, Richard, 1804-1892

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Richard Owen was a comparative anatomist and palaeontologist. From the description of Letter from Richard Owen to Charles LeĢopold Laurillard to introduce John Gould, 1833 [manuscript]. [1833] (Libraries Australia). WorldCat record id: 277137992 Professor of the Royal College of Surgeons of London; authority on comparative anatomy, vertebrate paleontology and geology. From the description of Osteological contributions to the natural history of the chimpanzees (Tr...

British Museum.

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Microfilms of British Museum class catalogues of manuscripts. The British Library, established in 1973, is now responsible for manuscript collections previously held by the library of the British Museum. From the guide to the Microfilms of British Museum class catalogues of manuscripts, 20th century, (University of Oxford, Bodleian Library) ...