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. It aims to promote the subject of
geology among its members through regular talks and social events. It is based in the
Department of Earth Sciences.
History
The club was founded in honour of
Adam Sedgwick
Adam Sedgwick (; 22 March 1785 – 27 January 1873) was a British geologist and Anglican priest, one of the founders of modern geology. He proposed the Cambrian and Devonian period of the geological timescale. Based on work which he did on W ...
in 1880. Almost every year after its foundation the Sedgwick Club ran yearly field excursions. Sets of notes, photos, sketches, maps and diagrams from these are kept in the Conservation Laboratories of the
Sedgwick Museum of Earth Sciences.
This annual field trip has been replaced by the "Magical Mystery Tour" in modern times, which involves a weekend excursion at the beginning of Lent term to a location unknown to all on the tour except the club committee members. Careful minutes and accounts were taken throughout the whole history of the Club, which have also survived and are held in The Sedgwick Museum. Women members were accepted in 1896.
Notable people
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Life
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Clubs and societies of the University of Cambridge
Geology societies