“ Of Sedgwick the man it is difficult to write without the fear of exaggeration. He had in a high degree the gift of inspiring affection, and his very eccentricities seemed only to endear him the more to his attached pupils and friends.
He is survived by his wife and three children—two sons and a daughter. The elder son, after a brilliant career at Westminster School, has entered Cambridge as foundation scholar of Trinity. His wife, admired by all Sedgwick's friends for her Irish with and attractiveness, did much to render his house a charming resort for his scientific colleagues. ”

“ About this time the Government resolved to amalgamate the Royal College of Science, the Royal School of Mines, and the City and Guilds Engineering School into a new college, to be termed the Imperial College of Science and Technology, and in particular it was resolved to review, re-equip, and to restaff the School of Zoology, which since the death of Professor Howes, Huxley's successor, had been somewhat neglected. ”