Sedgwick
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Places
United Kingdom- Sedgwick, CumbriaSedgwick, CumbriaSedgwick is a village and civil parish in Cumbria, England, south of Kendal. Its main point of interest is Sedgwick House, built in 1868 by...
, England - Sedgwick, West SussexSedgwick, West SussexSedgwick is a small hamlet, located about 3 miles south of Horsham in West Sussex, England.Nearby is Sedgwick Park, a largely nineteenth century house but with one wing possibly dating from 1608. In the extensive grounds are the fragmentary remains of the medieval Sedgwick Castle, surrounded by a...
, England
United States
- Sedgwick, ArkansasSedgwick, ArkansasSedgwick is a town in Lawrence County, Arkansas, United States. The population was 112 at the 2000 census.-History:Sedgwick was named after John Sedgwick, who was a Major General in the Union Army during the American Civil War.-Demographics:...
- Sedgwick, ColoradoSedgwick, ColoradoSedgwick is a statutory town in Sedgwick County, Colorado, United States. The population was 191 at the 2000 census.-History:The town was named for Fort Sedgwick, which was named after John Sedgwick, who was a Major General in the Union Army during the American Civil War.-Geography:Sedgwick is...
- Sedgwick, KansasSedgwick, KansasSedgwick is a city in Harvey and Sedgwick counties in the U.S. state of Kansas. As of the 2010 census, the city population was 1,695.-History:Sedgwick was named after John Sedgwick, who was a Major General in the Union Army during the American Civil War....
- Sedgwick, MaineSedgwick, MaineSedgwick is a town in Hancock County, Maine, United States. The population was 1,102 at the 2000 census. The town includes the village of Sargentville....
- Sedgwick, WisconsinSedgwick, WisconsinSedgwick is an unincorporated community located in the town of Sanborn, Ashland County, Wisconsin, United States....
- Sedgwick County, ColoradoSedgwick County, ColoradoSedgwick County is the northeasternmost of the 64 counties of the state of Colorado of the United States. The county was named for Fort Sedgwick, a military post along the Platte Trail, which was named for General John Sedgwick. The county population was 2,379 at U.S. 2010 Census...
- Sedgwick County, KansasSedgwick County, KansasSedgwick County is a county located in the U.S. state of Kansas. The county's population was 498,365 for the 2010 census. The largest city and county seat is Wichita. The county was named after General John Sedgwick...
- Sedgwick Avenue, Bronx, New York
- Sedgwick (CTA)Sedgwick (CTA)Sedgwick is an 'L' station on the CTA's Brown Line, Purple Line Express trains also stop at the station during weekday rush hours. It is an elevated station with two side platforms, located in Chicago's Old Town neighborhood of the Near North Side community area...
, a Chicago 'L' station
People
- Adam SedgwickAdam SedgwickAdam Sedgwick was one of the founders of modern geology. He proposed the Devonian period of the geological timescale...
(1785–1873), geologist - Anne Douglas SedgwickAnne Douglas SedgwickAnne Douglas Sedgwick was an American-born British writer. The daughter of a businessman, she was born in Englewood, New Jersey but at age nine her family moved to London. Although she made return visits to the United States, she lived in England for the remainder of her life.In 1908, she married...
(1873-1935), writer - Bill SedgwickBill SedgwickBorn in Acton, California on 19 March 1955, Bill Sedgwick was a successful NASCAR driver particularly prominent in the late 1980s and early 1990s.-External Links:* at Driver Database...
(born 1955), NASCAR driver - Catharine Maria Sedgwick (1789-1867), writer
- Charles B. SedgwickCharles B. SedgwickCharles Baldwin Sedgwick was a U.S. Representative from New York during the American Civil War.-Biography:Sedgwick was born in Pompey, New York, and attended Pompey Hill Academy, and Hamilton College, Clinton, New York...
(1815-1883), US Representative from New York - Chris SedgwickChris SedgwickChristopher Edward "Chris" Sedgwick is an English professional footballer who is currently playing for League One club Sheffield Wednesday....
(born 1980), footballer - Edie SedgwickEdie SedgwickEdith Minturn "Edie" Sedgwick was an American actress, socialite, model and heiress. She is best known for being one of Andy Warhol's superstars. Sedgwick became known as "The Girl of the Year" in 1965 after starring in several of Warhol's short films in the 1960s...
(1943-1971), actress - Edward SedgwickEdward SedgwickEdward Sedgwick was a film director, writer, actor and producer.-Biography:He was born in Galveston, Texas, the son of Edward Sedgwick, Sr. and Josephine Walker, both stage actors. Young Edward Sedgwick joined his show business family as one of the Five Sedgwicks, a vaudeville act...
(1892-1953), movie director, writer, actor and producer - Eileen SedgwickEileen SedgwickEileen Sedgwick was an American actress of the silent era. She appeared in 115 films between 1915 and 1930.She was born in Galveston, Texas and died in Marina del Rey, California from pneumonia...
(1898-1991), actress - Ellery SedgwickEllery SedgwickEllery Sedgwick was an American editor, brother of Henry Dwight Sedgwick.-Early life:He was born in New York City to Henry Dwight Sedgwick II and Henrietta Ellery , grand daughter of William Ellery...
(1872–1960), editor - Eve Kosofsky SedgwickEve Kosofsky SedgwickEve Kosofsky Sedgwick was an American academic scholar in the fields of gender studies, queer theory , and critical theory. Her critical writings helped create the field of queer studies...
(1950-2009), queer theorist - Henry Dwight SedgwickHenry Dwight SedgwickHenry Dwight Sedgwick III was an American lawyer and author.-Early life and career:Sedgwick was in Stockbridge, Massachusetts, the second child of Henry Dwight Sedgwick II and Henrietta Ellery . On his paternal grandmother's side, he was part of the New England Dwight family...
(1861–1957), lawyer and writer - Herbert SedgwickHerbert SedgwickHerbert Amos Sedgwick was an English first-class cricketer, who played three matches for Yorkshire County Cricket Club in 1906....
(1883-1957), cricketer - John SedgwickJohn SedgwickJohn Sedgwick was a teacher, a career military officer, and a Union Army general in the American Civil War. He was the highest ranking Union casualty in the Civil War, killed by a sniper at the Battle of Spotsylvania Court House.-Early life:Sedgwick was born in the Litchfield Hills town of...
(1813–1864), American Civil War general - Joseph SedgwickJoseph SedgwickJoseph Sedgwick, CC, QC was a Canadian lawyer.He was born in Leeds, England and became a lawyer in 1923 following studies at the University of Toronto and Osgoode Hall. Sedgwick contributed to changes in the Criminal Code of Canada through a Royal Commission in the early 1950s. He was counsel to...
(1898-1981), lawyer - Kyra SedgwickKyra SedgwickKyra Minturn Sedgwick is an American actress.Sedgwick is best known for her starring role as Deputy Chief Brenda Leigh Johnson on the TNT crime drama The Closer. Sedgwick's role in the series won her a Golden Globe Award in 2007 and an Emmy Award in 2010...
(born 1965), actress - Marcus SedgwickMarcus SedgwickMarcus Sedgwick was born in Kent, England. Marcus is a British author and illustrator as well as a musician. He used to play for two bands namely playing the drums for Garrett and as the guitarist in an ABBA tribute group...
(born 1968), author and illustrator - Obadiah SedgwickObadiah SedgwickObadiah Sedgwick was an English clergyman of presbyterian views, a member of the Westminster Assembly.-Life:He was son of Joseph Sedgwick, vicar of St. Peter's, Marlborough, Wiltshire, and then of Ogbourne St. Andrew, and was born at Marlborough about 1600. He matriculated at Queen's College,...
(1599/1600-1658), Puritan divine - Peter SedgwickPeter SedgwickPeter Sedgwick was a translator of Victor Serge, author of a number of books including PsychoPolitics and a revolutionary socialist activist.-Life:...
(1934-1983), socialist activist and writer - Robert SedgwickRobert SedgwickMajor General Robert Sedgwick was an English colonist, born 1611 in Woburn, Bedfordshire, England, and baptised on May 6, 1613.-Biography:...
(1611-1656), Colonist - Robert SedgwickRobert Sedgwick (actor)Robert Sedgwick is an American actor. He is sometimes credited as Rob Sedgwick. He is the younger brother of award-winning actress Kyra Sedgwick....
(born 19??), actor - Theodore SedgwickTheodore SedgwickTheodore Sedgwick was an attorney, politician and jurist, who served in elected state government and as a Delegate to the Continental Congress, a US Representative, and a United States Senator from Massachusetts. He served as the fifth Speaker of the United States House of Representatives...
(1746-1813), Senator - Theodore Sedgwick (writer)Theodore Sedgwick (writer)Theodore Sedgwick was an American law writer.He was born at Albany, New York and graduated from Columbia College in 1829. In 1858, he became United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York. He was the son of Theodore Sedgwick II and Susan Anne Livingston Ridley Sedgwick , a writer,...
(1811-1859), writer - Thomas SedgwickThomas SedgwickThomas Sedgwick was an English Roman Catholic theologian. An unfriendly hand in 1562 describes him as "learned but not very wise"....
(?-1573), Catholic theologian and martyr - William Thompson SedgwickWilliam Thompson SedgwickWilliam Thompson Sedgwick was a key figure in shaping public health in the United States.William T...
(1855-1921), biologist
Schools
- Sedgwick Middle SchoolSedgwick Middle SchoolSedgwick Middle School is a school in the town of West Hartford, Connecticut and is one of the West Hartford Public Schools.- History :Sedgwick School opened in 1931 as a combination junior high and elementary school. The elementary school, housed in the east wing, was headed by Miss Marie Lipps....
in West Hartford, Connecticut - Sedgwick Elementary School in Cupertino, California