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Sedgwick, Adam

(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…

Sedgwick, Ellery

(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…

Sedgwick, Theodore

(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…

Theodore SEDGWICK, Congress, MA (1746-1813)

Senate Years of Service: 1796-1799Party: FederalistSEDGWICK, Theodore, a Delegate, a Representative, and a Senator from Massachusetts; born in West Hartford, Conn., May 9, 1746; attended Yale…

Kevin Bacon

Born in Philadelphia in 1958, Bacon enrolled in New York's prestigious Circle in the Square Theater School at age 17, becoming one the youngest actors ever to gain admission. His first movie…

James Sedgwick GORMAN, Congress, MI (1850-1923)

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…

Chancellorsville, battle 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…