Science on the 22nd of March 1785 in history

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22 Mar 1785 Adam Sedgwick	science	birth Adam Sedgwick Born 22 Mar 1785; died 27 Jan 1873 at age 87. English geologist who first applied the name Cambrian to the geologic period of time, now dated at 570 to 505 million years ago.	0

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