(Encyclopedia) Sedgwick, Adam, 1785–1873, English geologist. He was a professor at Cambridge from 1818. His most important work was a study, made with R. I. Murchison, of the rock formation of…
(Encyclopedia) Sedgwick, Ellery, 1872–1960, American editor, b. New York City. As editor (1908–38) of the Atlantic Monthly and president of its publishing company, he continued the literary…
(Encyclopedia) Sedgwick, Theodore, 1746–1813, American lawyer and statesman, b. West Hartford, Conn. He practiced law in Massachusetts after being admitted (1766) to the bar. In the American…
William Sedgwick, a fanatical prophet and preacher during the Commonwealth. He pretended to have had it revealed to him in a vision that doomsday was at hand; and, going to the house of…
Senate Years of Service: 1796-1799
Party: Federalist SEDGWICK Theodore , a Delegate, a Representative, and a Senator from Massachusetts; born
in West Hartford, Conn., May 9, 1746; attended Yale…
Colorado Sedgwick County, Colorado People QuickFactsSedgwick CountyColoradoPopulation, 2005 estimate 2,5294,665,177Population, percent change, April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2005 -7.9%8.4%…
Kansas Sedgwick County, Kansas People QuickFactsSedgwick CountyKansasPopulation, 2005 estimate 466,0612,744,687Population, percent change, April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2005 2.9%2.1%Population,…
SEDGWICK Charles Baldwin , a Representative from New York; born in Pompey, Onondaga County,
N.Y., March 15, 1815; attended Pompey Hill Academy, and Hamilton College,
Clinton, N.Y.; studied law;…
GORMAN James Sedgwick , a Representative from Michigan; born in Lyndon Township, near Chelsea,
Washtenaw County, Mich., December 28, 1850; attended the common schools and the Union School
of…
(Encyclopedia) Chancellorsville, battle of, May 2–4, 1863, in the American Civil War. Late in Apr., 1863, Joseph Hooker, commanding the Union Army of the Potomac, moved against Robert E. Lee, whose…
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