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of his restilts was still far from complete Sedgwick was elected Fellow of the 

 Royal Society, and subsequently he had twice the honour of serving on 

 the Council. In fact, he was regarded as one of the leading zoologists of 

 the country, and he served on every important Committee connected with the 

 subject. Amongst his staunch and life-long friends he numbered the doyen 

 of British zoology, Sir E. Eay Lankester; for whom he had the greatest 

 respect and admiration. He lived also in the most friendly and harmonious 

 relations with Newton, Professor of Zoology in Cambridge, who, instead of 

 regarding the development of the newer side of zoology with suspicion or 

 jealousy, aided and abetted Sedgwick in every possible way. 



In 1892 Sedgwick married Miss Laura Eobinson, daughter of Captain 

 Robinson, of Armagh, and in 1897, with some misgiving which was shared 

 by bis warmest friends, he accepted the post of Tutor of Trinity College, 

 a position which he held until 1907. The duties of his new office not only 

 rendered it impossible for him to prosecute research, but even made it 

 difficult for him to spend much time in the laboratory. Although he devoted 

 his vacations to the production of a ' Text Book of Zoology,' of which three 

 volumes were published, and which is the most complete so far produced in 

 the English language, yet this was a poor consolation for the withdrawal of 

 his stimulating presence and influence from his students. A comprehensive 

 text book of Zoology is too vast a work to be completed by one man, and 

 although the great interest of Sedgwick's work was the decision of his matured 

 judgment on the infinitely varied facts of the science, yet for the completion 

 of his third volume he had to call to his assistance the help of his friends 

 J. J. Lister and A. E. Shipley (now Master of Christ's College). 



In 1907 Newton died and Sedgwick was appointed Professor of Zoology in 

 his stead, but he had hardly settled down to the duties of his new office when 

 events took place which were destined to transfer him to a new sphere 

 of activity. In 1908, the Governors of the newly constituted Imperial 

 College of Science and Technology resolved to re-endow and equip the 

 Department of Zoology in the Royal College of Science, which was one 

 of the three constituent colleges of the new institution. This department 

 had been rather neglected since the death of Howes, who was Huxley's 

 successor ; arrangements had indeed been made for the carrying on of the 

 teaching temporarily, but no Professor of Zoology had been appointed. 

 Sedgwick was asked to join the Committee whose duty it was to select a 

 new professor of zoology for the college. When the Committee presented 

 their report, the Governors unanimously besought Sedgwick to accept the 

 post himself and to undertake the duty of reorganising the department. 

 • Sedgwick promptly declined ; but a short time afterwards the request was 

 renewed, the Hector of the College travelling down to Cambridge in order 

 to press the wish of the Governing Board on him. At last, impressed by 

 a sense of the duty which he owed to the science of zoology in general, 

 he yielded to the pressure put on him and, in 1909, he severed his life- 

 long connection with the University of Cambridge and took up the duties 



