Correpondence relating to Sir Roderick Impey Murchison's dispute with Adam Sedgwick about Silurian classification, c1852
Scope and Contents
The correpondence relating to Sir Roderick Impey Murchison's dispute with Adam Sedgwick about Silurian classification consists of:
- correspondence
- notes and related papers
Dates
- Creation: c1852
Creator
Language of Materials
English
Physical Description
21 items None which affect the use of this material
Biographical / Historical
Sir Roderick Impey Murchison and Adam Sedgwick were once close collaborators and friends. This was terminated by a heated dispute over the boundary between Cambrian and Silurian. The disputed overlapping area was subsequently defined as Ordovician, by which time both Murchison and Sedgwick were dead.
Murchison corresponded with a number of individuals on the subject, including Leonard Horner and Edouard De Verneuil.
Extent
From the Fonds: 2 metres
Physical Location
Gen.523
Physical Description
21 items None which affect the use of this material
Processing Information
None
Processing Information
Grant Buttars 09 August 2002
Creator
Subject
- Horner, Leonard, 1785-1864 (Scottish merchant, geologist and educational reformer) (Person)
- Murchison, Sir Roderick Impey, 1792-1871 (1st Baronet | Scottish geologist) (Person)
- Sedgwick, Adam, 1785-1873 (geologist and professor of geology, University of Cambridge) (Person)
- Verneuil, Edouard de, 1805-1873 (French geologist) (Person)
Repository Details
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